| 单词 | railcar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrailcar railcar n. (a) U.S. a railway carriage or wagon; = car n.1 3a; (b) a railway vehicle which combines the functions of a locomotive and a passenger carriage in a single unit. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage rail wagon1824 railway wagon1824 wagon1825 car1826 railway car1828 railroad car1829 railcar1833 steam-car1833 road car1834 motor car1878 1833 Sixth. Rep. Amer. Temperance Soc. 10 The records of stages, steam-boats and rail cars..all bear testimony to the truth of these remarks. 1860 J. S. C. Abbott South & North ix. 206 Thence, in rail-cars..through the heart of Alabama. 1934 Discovery Nov. 314/1 The term railcar is a convenient one to apply to the fast self-contained passenger units now running on many of the world's railways. 1949 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 27 Oct. 4/2 This new-fangled transport is called a ‘rail-car’.., principally for the reason that it is built compactly into a single unit... It operates much on the same principle as a streetcar, with controls at each end so that it can travel in either direction. The car, with a seating capacity of 90 persons, is especially designed for local passenger traffic. 2002 N. J. Kressel & D. F. Kressel Stack & Sway i. 1 In the wee hours of September 9, a railcar leaked its volatile cargo of butadiene. < as lemmas |
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