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单词 railroad
释义
railroad
noun[C]
US
uk
/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us
/ˈreɪl.roʊd/
(UKrailway);(written abbreviationRR)
themetaltrackson whichtrainsrun:
铁路，铁道
Welivecloseto the railroadline.我们家离铁道线很近。
ShetravelledacrossSiberia on the Trans-Siberian railroad.她乘火车沿西伯利亚铁路横穿西伯利亚。
picture of railroad
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A2
thesystemoftracks,stations,trains, etc.:
铁路系统
a railroadstation/timetable/siding火车站／列车时刻表／铁路专用线等
Thomas Grantworkedon therailroad(s) for 50years.托马斯‧格兰特在铁路系统工作了50年。
More examples
  • Weseethatfreightrailroads make goodprofitswhilerenderingexcellentservice.
  • The railroads havelosta lot ofbusinesstotruckingcompanies.
  • Thebridgecarriesthe railroadacrosstheriver.
  • Thebookdiscussesthedeclineof the railroads in theUnitedStates.
  • It was theworstrailroaddisasterinIndianhistory.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Railways & railway lines
  • Amtrak
  • artery
  • branch line
  • buffer
  • electrify
  • funicular
  • junction
  • level crossing
  • light rail
  • light railway
  • metro
  • monorail
  • railroad tie
  • RR
  • siding
  • signal
  • signal box
  • switch
  • switchback
  • track
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railroad
verb[Tusually+ adv/prep]
uk
/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us
/ˈreɪl.roʊd/
toforcesomething tohappenorforcesomeone to do something,especiallyquicklyorunfairly:
（尤指以仓促或不公正的方式）强迫，迫使
We were railroadedintosigningtheagreement.我们被迫仓促签定协议。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing somebody to act
  • arm-twisting
  • bludgeon
  • bounce
  • bouncesomeoneintosomething
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • forcibly
  • holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
  • impel
  • impose
  • jolt
  • ramsomethingintosomeone
  • ransom
  • reduce
  • reducesomeonetosomething
  • reimpose
  • reimposition
  • slap
  • squeeze
  • trap
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railroad
adjective[before noun]
US
uk/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us/ˈreɪl.roʊd/
(of aroomorbuilding)longandnarrow:
In her railroadapartment, oneroomfollowsthe next.
Weextendedtheoldrailroadkitchenand now have alarge,open-plankitchen-diner.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Narrow and thin
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • attenuation
  • elongate
  • narrow
  • narrowness
  • tapering
  • thin
  • thinly
  • ultra-thin
  • wafer-thin

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(Definition ofrailroadfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
railroad
noun[C]
US
uk
/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us
/ˈreɪl.roʊd/
(UKrailway);(written abbreviationRR)
themetaltrackson whichtrainsrun
铁路，铁道
Welivecloseto the railroadline.我们家离铁道线很近。
ShetravelledacrossSiberia on the Trans-Siberian railroad.她乘火车沿西伯利亚铁路横穿西伯利亚。
A2
thesystemoftracks,stations,trains, etc.
铁路系统
a railroadstation/timetable/siding火车站／列车时刻表／铁路专用线等
Thomas Grantworkedon therailroad(s) for 50years.托马斯‧格兰特在铁路系统工作了50年。
More examples
  • Weseethatfreightrailroads make goodprofitswhilerenderingexcellentservice.
  • The railroads havelosta lot ofbusinesstotruckingcompanies.
  • Thebridgecarriesthe railroadacrosstheriver.
  • Thebookdiscussesthedeclineof the railroads in the United States.
  • It was theworstrailroaddisasterinIndianhistory.
railroad
verb[Tusually+ adv/prep]
uk
/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us
/ˈreɪl.roʊd/
toforcesomething tohappenorforcesomeone to do something,especiallyquicklyorunfairly
（尤指以仓促或不公正的方式）强迫，迫使
We were railroadedintosigningtheagreement.我们被迫仓促签定协议。

railroad| American Dictionary

railroad
noun[C]
us
/ˈreɪlˌroʊd/
(alsorailway,us/ˈreɪlˌweɪ/)

railroadnoun[C](TRANSPORTATION)

asystemoftransportationusingspecialvehicleswhosewheelsturnonmetalbarsfixedto theground, or aparticularcompanyusing such asystem:
railroadtracks
a railroadstation
the Pennsylvania Railroad
railroad
verb[Talways+ adv/prep]
us
/ˈreɪlˌroʊd/

railroadverb[T always + adv/prep](FORCE)

toforcesomething tohappenorforcesomeone to do something,esp.quicklyandunfairly:
Wefeelthatourclientwas railroaded intopleadingguilty.
(Definition ofrailroadfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

railroad| Business English

railroad
noun
TRANSPORTUS
uk
/ˈreɪlrəʊd/us
[CorU]
asystemoftracksthattrainstravelalong:
Apotentialclientturneddown thesitebecause it isn't near a railroad.
a railroad car/track/bridge, etc.Downtown isborderedat one end by railroadtracks, the other end by abayou.
arailroaddepot/station
[C]
thecompanies,work, andpeopleinvolvedintransportingpeopleandgoodsbytrain:
Weunderstandthe railroads need to make aprofit.
Afterdroppingout ofschool, heworkedon the railroad.
railroad
verb[T]
uk
/ˈreɪlrəʊd/us
toforcesomebody to do oracceptsomething withoutallowingthem torefuse:
railroad sb into doing sthWefeltwe were being railroaded intoacceptingadeal.
railroad sb into sthWe could be railroaded into amerger.
Unfortunately, thisschemeis being railroaded throughWestminsterunder thepretextofimmigrationcontrol.
(Definition ofrailroadfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrailroad

railroad
But by the opening decade of the twentieth century the railroads had become victims of their own success.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Part of the increase in the number of weeks worked and wages earned between 1834 and 1837 was due to new work on therailroad.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Between 1862 and 1872, the federal government spent millions of dollars and allotted over 100 million acres of land torailroadcorporations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This period also witnessed an increase inrailroadmileage as well as growth in such industries as timbering, sawmills, and cotton textile mills.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These three opinions, however, did not complete the transformation with regard to the liabilities of railroads to passengers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A want of proper circumspection on their part is liable to produce disastrous consequences torailroadtravelers, as well as to themselves.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Hundreds of blues songs treat therailroadthematically.
From theCambridge English Corpus
And, before therailroad, travel was difficult enough to preclude any sort of concert circuit of touring virtuosos, even had the demand been there.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As a similar mediating device, therailroadtopic forms an interesting parallel to the crossroads mythology in the blues.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It would have required millions of dollars and taken many years to develop adequaterailroadand highway networks.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All letters and packages were collected, sorted and distributed in a railway mail car, usually owned by therailroadcompany that owned the track.
From theCambridge English Corpus
An answer to that question requires a detailed analysis of the world the workers came from and local perceptions ofrailroadwork.
From theCambridge English Corpus
So long as the railroad's lawyers tried to argue on traditional property rights grounds, their case was hopeless.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One of these songs particularly captures the association of therailroadwith crossroads mythology by invoking the dilemma of decision-making.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One could not assume that the purposes of arailroadassociation were benign.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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