railroad
- IPA[ˈreɪlrəʊd]
英式
- a track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run; a railway；a system of tracks with the trains, organization, and personnel required for its working
- rush or coerce (someone) into doing something；cause (a measure) to be passed or approved quickly by applying pressure
noun: railroad, plural noun: railroads
- 釋義
- 相關詞
- n.名詞
- 1. a track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run; a railway:
his uncle works on the railroad
railroad tracks
- 2. a system of tracks with the trains, organization, and personnel required for its working:
the Union Pacific Railroad
- v.動詞
- 1. rush or coerce (someone) into doing something:
she hesitated, unwilling to be railroaded into a decision
- 2. cause (a measure) to be passed or approved quickly by applying pressure:
the Bill had been railroaded through the House
- 3. send (someone) to prison without a fair trial:
they know I was railroaded and falsely accused
n. a railroad along which cars are drawn by a continuous cable.
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ph. a secret network for helping slaves escape from the South to the North and to Canada in the years before the Civil War.
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ph. (in the US) a secret network for helping slaves escape from the South to the North and Canada in the years before the American Civil War.
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- IPA[ˈrālˌrōd]
美式
- n.a track or set of tracks made of steel rails along which passenger and freight trains run.
- his uncle works on the railroad
railroad tracks
- v.press (someone) into doing something by rushing or coercing them:
- she hesitated, unwilling to be railroaded into a decision
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知識+
railroad tracks的意思是？？
railroad為美式用法，意思是「鐵路」，相當於英式用法「railway」。track是軌道的意思。所以，railroad track是鐵路軌道。
Railroad和Railway的差別
其實都是指一樣的東西，若要細分的話，則 railway 和 railroad 在美語的意思前者指比較長途跨州界的鐵路運輸，後者專指市內輕便鐵路。
railroad fireman
以前的蒸汽火車是燒炭或是木材來當做燃料的, 這個fireman就是負責 維護燒炭或是木材的鍋爐, 要清除灰燼, 還要補充燃料, 保持鍋爐的運作. 我大概會翻成"蒸汽火車鍋爐維護員"吧.