| 单词 | rope-way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrope-way rope-way n. †(a) a place where ropes are made, a ropewalk (obsolete); (b) a rope used as a means of transport; (c) = rope railway n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway rope-way1665 aerial railway1839 rope railway1849 tramway1872 funicular railway1874 suspension-railway1875 cable-road1882 telpher line1884 cable-railroad1887 cable-railway1887 cable tramway1887 funiculaire1888 funicular1888 cable-way1899 aerial tramway1904 blondin1906 teleferic1916 mono-cable1922 téléphérique1922 Seilbahn1963 1665 5 Jan. in Cal. State Papers: Charles II (P.R.O.: SP 29/110/29) f. 40 Touching cordage..wee know not how to set more men at worke in ye ground wee have... Ye only way yt I can advise is forth with to perfect ye new ropeway..& to erect a slight house of deals... This will enable vs to spin & lay halfe as much again as now wee can. 1824 Times 18 May 3/6 They could not bear to let so inviting a thing as a rope-way out of prison lie idle. 1889 Engineer 68 454/1 Rope railways, as they were called, or ropeways, for transmitting minerals and goods, seem to be rapidly growing in favour, especially for mining purposes. 1928 Daily Mail 7 Aug. 8/5 Next week's programme includes instruction in the use of heavy derricks and aerial ropeways. 1941 ‘R. West’ Black Lamb & Grey Falcon II. 925 If you have to have a rope-way, you have to have Germans... All the decent funiculars in the world are made by a German company. 1950 tr. Mountaineering Handbk. (Assoc. Brit. Members Swiss Alpine Club) x. 116 To transport loads, injured people or materials over precipices, ravines, large crevasses or torrents, where possible fix a rope over the obstacle..the anchorage at the ends of a ropeway should be firm enough to meet all eventualities. 1963 Economist 30 Nov. 911/1 Aerial ropeways and chairlifts can be pretty profitable. 1991 Internat. H & E Q. Spring 48/4 The local butcher-grocer arrived every day and sent down his load by the ropeway. < as lemmas |
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