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单词 streetcar
释义

streetcar

noun

street·​car ˈstrēt-ˌkär How to pronounce streetcar (audio)
: a vehicle on rails used primarily for transporting passengers and typically operating on city streets

Illustration of streetcar

Illustration of streetcar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Frustrated automobile-chasing dogs will find a streetcar comparatively easy prey. Nathaniel Adams, Chron, 15 Aug. 2022 Phipps said 20,000 people used the streetcar in its first month alone, with an average of 767 boardings per weekday. Troy Hill, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022 And a crash in Milwaukee’s downtown that killed a 40-year-old passenger of a car that struck a handrail at a station for The Hop streetcar. Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 27 July 2022 Officials said pickup and drop-off locations are immediately adjacent to the streetcar’s 18 station stops. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 17 June 2022 With the streetcar, working class people could live farther from work, causing neighborhoods to become more segregated by class. Erin Caughey, jsonline.com, 31 Mar. 2022 The city had considered adding a new trail or streetcar route atop the piers. Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022 Known as Proposition 400, the bill was crafted by a coalition of local leaders across metro Phoenix to help pay for projects from freeways and HOV lanes to light rail and streetcar routes. Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2022 On Friday, a crash in Milwaukee’s downtown killed a 40-year-old passenger of a car that struck the handrail of the streetcar. Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

streetcar

noun

street·​car ˈstrēt-ˌkär How to pronounce streetcar (audio)
: a vehicle for carrying passengers that runs on rails and operates mostly on city streets
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