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cableway

/key-buhl-wey/US // ˈkeɪ bəlˌweɪ //UK // (ˈkeɪbəlˌweɪ) //

索道,电缆线路,电缆线,电缆车

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a system for hoisting and hauling bulk materials, consisting of a cable or pair of cables suspended between two towers, on which travels a carriage from which a bucket is suspended: used in heavy construction work, in storage plants, etc.

Examples

  • An electric cableway of 900 ft. span capable of carrying 10 tons was used in erection.

  • Across from above the lock walls came two empty buckets, carried on pulleys on the cableway.

  • The cableway is much used in the erection of masonry piers for bridges across rivers or valleys.

  • The cableway is so economical in its working that it has greatly advanced the process of "open-pit" mining.

  • Count Piscicelli's electric post is an adaptation of the electric cableway to the needs of parcel and letter distribution.

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