单词 | station stop |
释义 | > as lemmasstation stop station stop n. (a) a halt or stop that takes place at a station, as opposed to elsewhere on a railway line; (b) originally U.S. a stopping-place that is a station (in this sense sometimes regarded as tautologous). ΚΠ 1874 Times 11 Apr. 12/3 The first two experiments were ordinary station stops, the steam being shut off and the air-brake applied by the driver. 1893 Daily Jrnl. (Logansport, Indiana) 26 Nov. Had Hartford not been a station stop and No. 20 consequently having gained..headway before the accident occurred the consequences would have been appalling. 1904 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 16 June 10/1 The special train..was yesterday handled over the Vandalia from St. Louis to Indianapolis without making a single station stop. 1935 Times 8 July 11/2 It will run non-stop to Truro (279 miles).., except Saturdays, when the down train will make St. Erth (299½ miles) its first station stop. 1998 M. Chateauvert Marching Together i. 25 Before the union, porters bought their own food during station stops, if they could find a store..willing to serve them. 2005 Independent on Sunday 2 Oct. 25/6 I particularly hate..the announcement that ‘the train will soon arrive at the next station stop’. What on earth is the point of stations if not for stopping in? < as lemmas |
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