| 单词 | railroad cut |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrailroad cut railroad cut n. an excavation cut into a hillside for laying train tracks. ΚΠ 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 198 The surrounding hills are remarkably full of the same kind of stones, so that they have been obliged to pile them up in walls on both sides of the railroad cut. 1862 in F. Moore Rebellion Rec. (1863) V. ii. 403/1 On Friday morning we held the ridge, in front of which runs an incomplete railroad-cut. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 90/2 In 1936..Lamar Dodd was appointed to the art faculty of the University of Georgia after winning an award..for a painting depicting a slag dump and railroad cut. 2003 J. Hall Stand of U.S. Army at Gettysburg ii. 44 Davis's attack against Cutler north of the road will be described shortly, followed immediately by an account of the battle for the railroad cut. < as lemmas |
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