| 单词 | train set |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrain set train set n. (a) a telephone or telegraph set designed to be used on a train (now rare); (b) a set of model trains, tracks, etc., required for a model railway; (c) a set of railway wagons or carriages, sometimes with a locomotive, coupled together to form a train. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > model railway or train set model railway1909 train set1939–40 pike1940 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train train1814 railway train1834 railroad train1836 train1841 rail train1843 train wreck1876 train set1959 1907 Amer. Telephone Jrnl. 30 Nov. 353/1 A portable train set is also shown. One side of this set is hooked to the line wire by means of a line pole. 1919 Information Dumping & Unfair Foreign Competition U.S. (U.S. Tariff Comm.) 15 Imported train sets are sold at a price that is not sufficient for the American manufacturer to purchase the box in which they are packed. 1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 826/1 This excellent train set..comprises a No. 1 Special Locomotive..two No. 1 Pullman Coaches..and rails. 1959 G. F. Allen Brit. Railways Today & Tomorrow vii. 133 The Rosters usually indicate the preceding and succeeding use to which each coach of a train set is to be put. 1980 J. Cartwright Horse of Darius xi. 158 He was playing with his train set... He..passed his days in a world of trains and model airplanes. 1982 G. F. Whitehouse & P. B. Allen E. Treacy—Railway Photographer 42 The all-maroon train-set of the northbound ‘Flying Scotsman’ leaving Copenhagen Tunnel. 2002 T. Lott Rumours of Hurricane (2003) ix. 234 Of course, there are people who are obsessed by the things..Never stop going on about their bloody train sets. 2007 Mod. Railways Apr. 53/3 While the sidings are a useful place in which to dispose of a crippled trainset, they otherwise see very little use during the day. < as lemmas |
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