| 单词 | monorail |
| 释义 | monorail (once / 48640 pages) n A monorail is similar to a train, but instead of traveling on two tracks, it uses just one. If you visit Tokyo or Disney World, you'll probably travel on a monorail. Most monorails are elevated, with trains either moving above a single track or dangling from it, suspended by a wide rail. They generally run on electricity, which flows through the track and keeps the train moving. The earliest monorails were designed in the late 1800s, and this is also when the word developed, from mono, "one" in Greek, and rail, from the Latin regula, "straight stick." WORD FAMILYmonorail: monorails USAGE EXAMPLESThe monorail operates from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Seattle Times(Nov 27, 2016) Several downtown streets will be closed, so allow extra time to find parking or to arrive by bus, monorail, light rail or other transportation. Seattle Times(Nov 22, 2016) It didn’t go very far, though planners continued to talk about various monorail routes well into the 1970s. Los Angeles Times(Nov 01, 2016) n a railway having a single track Hyper railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
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