| 单词 | railroad speed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrailroad speed railroad speed n. the speed of a vehicle travelling on a railroad; a very rapid pace (= railroad pace n.). ΚΠ 1825 Port Folio Aug. 131 Notwithstanding all that is said..about the great velocity of travelling on a rail road, is yet laid down as the maximum of a profitable rail road speed. 1859 C. E. DeLong Jrnl. 12 Feb. in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1931) 10 45 Committee convened..hurried through at rail road speed. 1954 L. M. Starr Bohemian Brigade xiii. 341 The main body of his forces, pushing down at railroad speed..came upon the detachment of cavalry and infantry sent out in the morning by General Ord. 2001 A. M. T. Cammarota Pavements in Garden iv. 75 By 1839, the town council regulated railroad speed and signals. < as lemmas |
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