railroadの意味・使い方・発音

railroad

英 ['reɪlrəʊd] 美 ['relrod]

鉄道鉄道線路強制強制

rail、線路、道路、道汽車という巨大なものの比喩から、強制された、強いられたという比喩の派生。

railroad (n.): 1757, from rail (n.1) + road. Originally "road laid with rails for heavy wagons (in mining)." The process itself (but not the word) seems to have been in use by late 17c. Application to passenger and freight trains dates from 1825, though tending to be replaced in this sense in England by railway.
railroad (v.): "to convict quickly and perhaps unjustly," 1873, American English, from railroad (n.).
A person knowing more than might be desirable of the affairs, or perhaps the previous life of some powerful individual, high in authority, might some day ventilate his knowledge, possibly before a court of justice; but if his wisdom is railroaded to State's prison, his evidence becomes harmless. ["Wanderings of a Vagabond," New York, 1873]
Related: Railroaded; railroading. An earlier verb sense was "to have a mania for building railroads" (1847).

1. The railroad finally reached Santa Barbara in 1877.: 鉄道はついに1877年にサンタバーバラにまで建設された。

2.This town got a lot bigger when the railroad came in the 1860 s.: 1960年代に列車が開通して以来、この町は大きくなった。

3.Bridges over railroad tracks root danger out in crossing.: レール上空の歩道橋は歩行中の危険を排除している。

4.The railroad connects two cities，namely，New York and Chicago.: この鉄道は2つの都市、すなわちニューヨークとシカゴを結ぶ。

5.His enemies tried to railroad him to prison without a fair trial.: 敵は軽率な裁判で投獄しようとした。