railway
英 ['reɪlweɪ]
美 ['relwe]
語源
英語の語源
- railway (n.)
- 1812 in modern sense, from rail (n.1) + way (n.). Earlier used of any sort of road on which rails (originally wooden) were laid for easier transport (1776).
例文
- 1. Dozens of miles of railway track have been torn up.
- 何十マイルものレールが破壊された。
- 2.The railway station smelt powerfully of cats and drains.
- 駅には鼻を突く猫の匂いと臭い溝の匂いがします。
- 3.Across the river the railway track ran up to the pithead.
- レールはこの川をまたいで坑口に直行した。/
- 4.I have been a subscriber to Railway Magazine for many years.
- 私は『鉄道雑誌』を購読して何年も経っています。
- 5.The railway had obviously been built long after the house.
- 明らかに、この鉄道は家が建てられてからずっと経ってから作られたものだ。
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