单词	railroad
释义	railroad1 nounrailroad2 verb railroadrail‧road1 /ˈreɪlrəʊd $ -roʊd/ ●●○ noun [countable] American English Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a railroad track the Southern Pacific railroad EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS By 1901, smelting operations were moved to Douglas, only 25 miles to the east, when a railroad was built. Even though shelters were emerging, it was like the underground railroad. History teaches that the lack of a railroad stop condemned many towns to a lingering death a hundred years ago. I crossed a railroad overpass and reached a bunch of shacks where two highways forked off, both for Denver. The railroad took its sweet time arriving. The last boxcar was the railroad guards' heaven on wheels. Trains passing through the Anapra gap are now monitored by private security and railroad police. War-time controls were removed; railroads and shipping returned to private corporations. word sets WORD SETS► Trains & Railways baggage car, nounbaggage room, nounboat train, nounboxcar, nounBR, nounbuffer, nouncaboose, nouncarriage, nouncattle truck, nounchoo-choo, nouncoach, nouncommunication cord, nounconductor, nouncouchette, nouncowcatcher, nouncutting, nounday return, noundepartures board, noundepot, nounderail, verbdining car, nounelectrify, verbemergency cord, nounengine, nounexpress, nounflatcar, nounfreight, nounfreight train, noungauge, noungrade, noungrade crossing, noungradient, nounguard, nounguard's van, nounhandcar, nouninbound, adjectivelight railway, nounline, nounlineman, nounlocal, nounlocomotive, nounloop, nounmail train, nounmain line, nounmetro, nounmonorail, nounnarrow gauge, nounplatform, nounPullman, nounrail, nounrailroad, nounrailway, nounrailway line, nounrailway station, nounrapid transit system, nounrestaurant car, nounrolling stock, nounshunt, verbshunt, nounsiding, nounsignal, nounsignal box, nounsignalman, nounsleeper, nounsleeping car, nounspur, nounstation master, nounsteam, nounstock car, nounsubway, nountender, nounterminus, nounthrust, nountrack, nountrain, nountrain spotter, nountruck, nounturntable, nounvan, nounvestibule, nounwagon, nounway station, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► car · There is also an 1830 Conestoga wagon, an observation platform of a railroad car, and a replica of a Tepee.· Viktor is ready to give up his apartment and sleep in a railroad car.· Hundreds of railroad cars were burned by strikers. ► company · The first was the battles of various railroad companies to enter cities.· One day a man from the railroad company brought a steam drill to the crew.· Almost all locomotive firemen were slaves, either hired from slave masters or owned directly by the railroad companies.· But transcontinental status always brought a classical rush to the head of railroad companies. ► line · Lay my head on the railroad line, Train come along, pacify my mind.· Within a few years, railroad lines bridged the nation, moving people and goods into unsettled territories. ► station · You can pick one up near the old railroad station that has been transformed into a visitor center.· The search often wound up back at a railroad station bench.· As they marched from the railroad stations, they were escorted by crowds cheering vociferously.· He was trying to locate a railroad station where he could leave us to continue on our journey. ► track · With three air-force pilots along for the ride, James flew along a railroad track bordered by tall trees.· They rode in the rickety wagon across the prairie until they reached a railroad track.· It started with a cross placed along the railroad tracks, where legend has it that he was lynched.· We bounced over the railroad tracks in Fresno and hit the wild streets of Fresno Mextown.· Until he found his goal in life, hammering spikes into the railroad tracks, he was not fully happy.· On the southeastern corner of the property, one final slim reminder: a sweeping curve of railroad track.· Loops and spurs of railroad track laced it all together.· We moved to Willing Street then, by the railroad tracks. a railway or the railway:  The supplies were sent on the railroad. a railroad station railroad1 nounrailroad2 verb railroadrailroad2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE railroad Simple Form Present I, you, we, they railroad he, she, it railroads Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they railroaded Present perfect I, you, we, they have railroaded he, she, it has railroaded Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had railroaded Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will railroad Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have railroaded Continuous Form Present I am railroading he, she, it is railroading you, we, they are railroading Past I, he, she, it was railroading you, we, they were railroading Present perfect I, you, we, they have been railroading he, she, it has been railroading Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been railroading Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be railroading Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been railroading Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES This complex proposal should not be railroaded through Congress. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He was not about to be railroaded by some impatient young woman. He would never forget the day Wilkes shot her boyfriend, a railroading man, wounding him only superficially. I knew that they was going to railroad me. The company that gets Conrail would dominate eastern railroading. The Sunset Limited is an old name in railroading. to force or persuade someone to do something without giving them enough time to think about itrailroad somebody into doing something The workers were railroaded into signing the agreement.
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