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sidetrack

/sahyd-trak/US // ˈsaɪdˌtræk //UK // (ˈsaɪdˌtræk) //

旁门左道,旁路,岔道口

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : 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. 1
    • : any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.

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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.