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单词 underground railroad
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
un′derground rail′road, 
    1. Rail Transport, TransportAlso called un′derground rail′way. a railroad running through a continuous tunnel, as under city streets;
      subway.
    2. American History(often caps.) [U.S. Hist.](before the abolition of slavery) a system for helping fugitive slaves to escape into Canada or other places of safety.
    • 1825–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
underground railroad n
  1. (often capitals) (in the pre-Civil War US) the system established by abolitionists to aid escaping slaves
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