| 单词 | tram |
| 释义 | tram tram1 —tramless, adj. /tram/, n. , v. , trammed, tramming. n. 1. Brit. a streetcar. 2. a tramway; tramroad. 3. Also called tramcar /tram"kahr'/. a truck or car on rails for carrying loads in a mine. 4. the vehicle or cage of an overhead carrier. v.t. , v.i. 5. to convey or travel by tram. [1490-1500 for an earlier sense; 1820-30 for def. 2; orig. shafts of a barrow or cart, rails for carts (in mines); perh. < MD trame beam] tram2 /tram/, n. , v. , trammed, tramming. n. 1. trammel (def. 3). v.t. 2. Mach. to adjust (something) correctly. [1880-85; short for TRAMMEL] tram3 /tram/, n. silk that has been slightly or loosely twisted, used weftwise in weaving silk fabrics. Cf. organzine. [1300-50 for an earlier sense; 1670-80 for current sense; ME tram(m)e machination, contrivance < OF traime weft, cunning contrivance < L trama warp] |
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