| 单词 | cable-car |
| 释义 | > as lemmascable-car cable-car n. a carriage or tram-car moved by an endless chain or cable, e.g. on an overhead cable-way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] buggy1867 cable-carriera1884 telpher train1884 cable-car1887 telpher1901 tram1905 flying fox1936 1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 42 The excellent control of the cable cars is..admirably demonstrated upon this line. 1888 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 200 Two rival processions which encumbered the streets..almost prevented our getting there in the cable-car. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift Amer. 13 It was here that I first saw cable cars in operation. 1897 Outing (U.S.) 30 337/1 The actively inclined will enjoy cable-car athletics in hanging on to the slippery bilge of an egg-shell center-boarder. 1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator xvi. 161 It has an elaborate system of cable car service. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 254 I..took a cable car for Capitol Hill. < as lemmas |
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