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tramway

/tram-wey/US // ˈtræmˌweɪ //UK // (ˈtræmˌweɪ) //

有轨电车,电车道,缆车,电车

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a crude railroad of wooden rails or of wooden rails capped with metal treads.
    • : British. tramline.
    • : Mining. a track, usually elevated, or roadway for mine haulage.
    • : Also called aerial tramway, aerial railway, cable tramway, ropeway . a system for hauling passengers and freight in vehicles suspended from a cable or cables supported by a series of towers, hangers, or the like: used over canyons, between mountain peaks, etc.

Examples

  • One of the cyclists, evidently to show his dexterity, undertook to cut around us by running across the tramway tracks.

  • In London, for instance, certain tramway companies double the tram-fares on Sundays.

  • Each parish had to grant permission for any tramway that was to invade its ancient and sacred precincts.

  • We soon took up the problem of laying the tramway up Ludgate Hill, where the street is exceedingly narrow.

  • The Place de l'Alma was a gaping hole, tramway tracks and pavements falling into the new subway station.