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The railhead is the end of a railway line — the last place the tracks go. After that, there is no more train. Armies, builders, and people moving goods use this word a lot: supplies travel by rail as far as the railhead, and then they have to go on by road, by truck, or on foot. So it is not “a head made of rail.” It is the head of the rail, the tip, the point the line has reached. A town can grow up at a railhead because that is where goods get off the train.
鐵路線終點；鐵路末端
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
railheadnoun/ˈɹeɪl.hɛd/
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rail-transportrailwaystransportA point on a railway system where goods (or passengers) are loaded, unloaded or transferred to other transport.
- The improved service to and from Taunton is fully justified by the passenger patronage to and from this town, which is a railhead for a large surrounding area.
- It would also offer an important opportunity to move construction materials in bulk, using a new railhead.
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The furthest point on a railroad/railway under construction to which rails have been laid.
- By 1899 the railhead had reached the further edge of the Athi Plain at mile 315, and halted while the survey parties went ahead, and a supply base was established at the foot of the hills. This spot has become Nairobi.
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rail-transportrailwaystransportThe top surface (head) of a rail.
- Alternative form: rail head
- High levels of railhead contamination (which can prevent train predictor systems working correctly) were present in the area - probably as a result of limited operation of the railhead treatment train, according to RAIB.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsAn area of hostile territory at the end of a rail line that, when captured, serves for the continuous movement into position of further troops and materiel.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。