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streetcar
(striːtkɑːʳ)
Word forms: plural streetcars
countable noun
A streetcar is an electric vehicle for carrying people which travels on rails in the streets of a town.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use tramstreetcar in British English
(ˈstriːtˌkɑː)
noun
US and Canadian
an electrically driven public transport vehicle that runs on rails let into the surface of the road, power usually being taken from an overhead wire
Also called: trolley car or (esp Brit) tram, tramcarstreetcar in American English
(ˈstritˌkɑr)
US
noun
a large coach or car on rails that provides public transportation along certain streets
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Examples of 'streetcar' in a sentencestreetcar
Chinese translation of 'streetcar'
streetcar
(ˈstriːtkɑːʳ) (US)
n (c)
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有轨(軌)电(電)车(車)
(yǒuguǐ diànchē) (部, bù)英 = tram
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