railway 音标拼音: [r'elw
, e]
n . 铁路,轨道
vi . 乘火车旅行
铁路,轨道乘火车旅行
railway n 1 :
line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight [
synonym : {
railway }, {
railroad },
{
railroad line }, {
railway line }, {
railway system }]
2 :
a line of track providing a runway for wheels ; "
he walked along the railroad track " [
synonym : {
railroad track }, {
railroad },
{
railway }]
Railroad \
Rail "
road `\ (
r [=
a ]
l "
r [=
o ]
d `),
Railway \
Rail "
way `\
(
r [=
a ]
l "
w [=
a ]`),
n .
1 .
A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails ,
patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles ,
and suitably supported on a bed or substructure .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of the older tramway .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The road ,
track ,
etc .,
with all the lands ,
buildings ,
rolling stock ,
franchises ,
etc .,
pertaining to them and constituting one property ;
as ,
a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
Railway is the commoner word in England ;
railroad the commoner word in the United States .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
In the following and similar phrases railroad and railway are used interchangeably :
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Atmospheric railway }, {
Elevated railway },
etc .
See under {
Atmospheric }, {
Elevated },
etc .
{
Cable railway }.
See {
Cable road },
under {
Cable }.
{
Ferry railway },
a submerged track on which an elevated platform runs ,
for carrying a train of cars across a water course .
{
Gravity railway },
a railway ,
in a hilly country ,
on which the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an elevated point by stationary engines .
{
Railway brake },
a brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives .
{
Railway car },
a large ,
heavy vehicle with flanged wheels fitted for running on a railway . [
U .
S .]
{
Railway carriage },
a railway passenger car . [
Eng .]
{
Railway scale },
a platform scale bearing a track which forms part of the line of a railway ,
for weighing loaded cars .
{
Railway slide }.
See {
Transfer table },
under {
Transfer }.
{
Railway spine } (
Med .),
an abnormal condition due to severe concussion of the spinal cord ,
such as occurs in railroad accidents .
It is characterized by ataxia and other disturbances of muscular function ,
sensory disorders ,
pain in the back ,
impairment of general health ,
and cerebral disturbance , --
the symptoms often not developing till some months after the injury .
{
Underground railroad } {
Underground railway }.
(
a )
A railroad or railway running through a tunnel ,
as beneath the streets of a city .
(
b )
Formerly ,
a system of cooperation among certain active antislavery people in the United States prior to 1866 ,
by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach Canada .
Note : [
In the latter sense railroad ,
and not railway ,
was usually used .] "
Their house was a principal entrep [^
o ]
t of the underground railroad ." --
W .
D .
Howells .
[
1913 Webster ]
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "
railway ":
L ,
branch ,
cable railway ,
cog railway ,
el ,
electric railway ,
elevated ,
elevated railway ,
embankment ,
feeder ,
feeder line ,
gravity -
operated railway ,
horse railway ,
junction ,
light railroad ,
line ,
main line ,
metro ,
monorail ,
rack railway ,
rack -
and -
pinion railway ,
rail ,
rail line ,
railroad ,
roadbed ,
roadway ,
sidetrack ,
siding ,
street railway ,
streetcar line ,
subway ,
switchback ,
terminal ,
terminus ,
track ,
train ,
tram ,
tramline ,
trestle ,
trolley line ,
trunk ,
trunk line ,
tube ,
turnout ,
underground RAILWAY .
A road made with iron rails or other suitable materials .
2 .
Railways are to be constructed and used as directed by the legislative acts creating them .
3 .
In general ,
a railroad company may take lands for the purpose of making a road when authorized by the charter ,
by paying a just value for the same .
8 S . &
M .
649 .
4 .
For most purposes a railroad is a public highway ,
but it may be the subject of private property ,
and it has been held that it may be sold as such ,
unless the sale be forbidden by the legislature ;
not the franchise ,
but the land constituting the road .
5 Iredell ,
297 .
In .
general ,
however ,
the public can only have a right of way for it is not essential that the public should enjoy the land itself ,
namely ,
its treasures ,
minerals ,
and the like ,
as these would add nothing to the convenience of the public .
5 .
Railroad companies ,
like all other principals ,
are liable for the acts of their agents ,
while in their employ ,
but they can not be made responsible for accidents which could not be avoided .
2 Iredell ,
234 ;
2 McMullan ,
403 .
安装中文字典英文字典查询工具! 中文字典英文字典工具:
复制到剪贴板
英文字典中文字典相关资料:
Railway Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation