| 单词 | railbus |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrailbus railbus n. (a) a vehicle resembling a bus but running on a railway track; (also) a local passenger train operating in a manner similar to a bus; (b) (in some northern European countries) a tramcar running on rails set in the road. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > tramcar streetcar1832 road car1834 tram-carriage1868 tramway car1872 tram-car1873 surface car1879 tram1879 car1890 railbus1932 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > types of parliamentary train1845 excursion-train1849 parliamentary1854 parly1855 corridor train1892 trip-train1894 railmotor1903 railbus1932 mystery train1933 pool passenger train1934 Skybus1963 pay-train1968 1932 Pointer (Riverdale, Illinois) 9 Sept. 6/2 The railbus was shown to the railroad men, who represented the mechanical departments of their roads. 1956 Railway Mag. Mar. 195/1 The ‘railbus’ advocated for branch-line use by a correspondent in your January issue may have disadvantages. 1968 Drive Spring 37/2 British Rail could save many of their rural routes by introducing rail buses—a sort of single-decker diesel tramcar, operated by a driver-conductor not as a train but as if the vehicle were on the open road. 1976 J. Tate tr. A. Bodelsen Operation Cobra xi. 56 Frederik cycled across the rail-bus tracks. 2004 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 11 Aug. 18 The railbus seems quite a good idea for the intermediate local services between the express trains. < as lemmas |
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