| 单词 | road train |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad train road train n. †(a) Military a train (train n.2 10a) for conveying artillery and other military apparatus on the road (obsolete); (b) (chiefly Australian) a large truck or lorry consisting of a series of linked trailers pulled by a prime mover. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > pulling one or more trailers road train1848 auto-train1904 1848 W. Scott 24 Feb. in Messages of President of U.S. on Mexican War 1221 The city and castle were captured March 29,..with about one-fourth of the necessary means for a road train. 1940 Austral. National Jrnl. Sept. 17 Recent developments in the use of road trains carrying over 20 tons of goods. 1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xxxi. 164 One of those heavy trucks with two trailers that they call ‘road trains’. 2004 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 2 Oct. c5 We spent the night camped among road trains filled with clattering, pissing, baaing sheep. < as lemmas |
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