sidetrack
/sahyd-trak/US // ˈsaɪdˌtræk //UK // (ˈsaɪdˌtræk) //
旁门左道,旁路,岔道口
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Definitions
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- : to move from the main track to a siding, as a train.
- : to move or distract from the main subject or course.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Next to you is a signal switch that will divert the train down a sidetrack or “spur.”
He'll be coming around to offer to sidetrack that legislation if you'll let him build his railroad.
But circus er no circus, ye ain't a goin' to sidetrack me out'n them funeral arrangements.
That's the kind of a sidetrack the Stars and Stripes would switch you onto.'
Here on a sidetrack we found small coal-burning engines ready to help us over, small driving wheels but capable of great power.
Warring factions all about him, who tried in many ways to sidetrack him, failed in every attempt.
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