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rail-splitter

/reyl-split-er/US // ˈreɪlˌsplɪt ər //

分轨器,轨道分流器,钢轨分流器,分轨机

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that splits logs into rails, especially for fences.
    • : nickname of Abraham Lincoln.

Examples

  • Authorities blame anarchists protesting a proposed high-speed rail line called TAV that will link Turin and Lyon, France.

  • Workers built a temporary rail track through the city to move the statue in a process that took three days.

  • After the tunnel was complete, Schmidt went about building a rail line through it.

  • Tougher regulations on tank cars and oil-by-rail make sense.

  • Yes, it costs more to move oil by rail than it does by pipeline.

  • A gentleman got out of a carriage before it stopped, and fell between the rail and the platform.

  • The first rail road opened in Brazil, the emperor and empress being present at the inauguration.

  • An accident occurred on the Panama rail road, recently put in operation, by which 43 persons were killed, and 60 wounded.

  • He drew up the rocker, hoisted his slippered feet on the rail, and proceeded to smoke a cigar.

  • Since then the whole of the trade of transit by rail has been conducted by the companies owning the lines.