单词 | motor train |
释义 | > as lemmasmotor train motor train n. now historical ΚΠ 1895 Northwestern Reporter 63 25/1 The motor train on which he proposed riding had just passed, when Melvln came out of the alley. 1927 Observer 13 Nov. 13/3 ‘Rail motors’ or ‘motor trains’, may either take the form of self-contained vehicles having a steam or petrol engine built into the coach, or of trains hauled by very small engines and arranged to be driven from either end. 1993 G. L. Thompson Passenger Train in Motor Age Notes 219 In 1930, expenses are shown as $1.05 per train mile for the steam train and $0.60 per mile for the motor train. 2000 A. C. Mierzejewski Most Valuable Asset of Reich II. ii. ii. 35 The Reichsbahn introduced more high-speed motor train services, creating a network that linked the major population and business centers of the country by 1938. < as lemmas |
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