- 1nA2
/ˈreɪlweɪ/
A track of metal lines that trains run on, or the whole system of trains that use it.
鐵路
複數 railways
核心畫面
Picture two metal lines running side by side into the distance, and everything that hangs off them — the trains, the stations, the . The word can mean just the track, or the whole operation that runs on it.
可以想成：兩條金屬軌並排延伸到遠方，以及掛在它們身上的一切——火車、車站、時刻表。這個字可以只指那條軌道，也可以指在…更多收起
可以想成：兩條金屬軌並排延伸到遠方，以及掛在它們身上的一切——火車、車站、時刻表。這個字可以只指那條軌道，也可以指在上面運作的整套系統。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
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。
railwaynoun/ˈɹeɪlˌweɪ/
- 1
A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
- That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
- 2
A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.
- His interest in railways is not the quality that marks Pearson out. Everyone was interested in railways. Over a thousand miles of them opened between 1837 and 1845, most of what would become the national network. [...] You needed an Act of Parliament to build a railway; but that wasn't very hard to obtain if you could give the appearance of adequately funded competence.
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。