a system of railways that crisscrosses the whole nation
Recent Examples on the WebFrom Przemysl, there are direct trains to the farthest reaches of Ukraine on railway lines that have continued to function. Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022 Iran has some 8,700 miles of railway lines throughout the country that's about two and a half times the size of Texas. Nasser Karimi, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022 Belarus controls the railway lines offering the most direct, cheapest and fastest route for large volumes of grain out of Ukraine to Klaipeda and other Baltic ports.New York Times, 1 June 2022 The Allies betrayed her by declining to bomb the railway lines to Auschwitz. Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2022 So far, wifi connectivity has been set up at 6,102 railway stations in all. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 29 July 2022 Nearly five months of war has damaged the structures that keep cities working — factories, airports, railway stations — and obliterated residential buildings, schools, hospitals, churches, and shopping malls. Maria Varenikova, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022 Nearly five months of war has damaged the structures that keep cities working — factories, airports, railway stations — and obliterated residential buildings, schools, hospitals, churches and shopping malls.New York Times, 5 July 2022 For the ardent and affluent, the frontier states beckoned with looser laws and new railway stations. Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 28 June 2022 See More
(BrE) (NAmErailroad) ADJECTIVE | VERB + RAILWAY/RAILROAD | RAILWAY/RAILROAD + VERB | RAILWAY/RAILROAD + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤mainline (especially BrE) 幹線鐵路▸➤high-speed高速鐵路▸➤disused (BrE) 廢棄的鐵路▸➤narrow-gauge, standard-gauge窄軌/準軌鐵路▸➤miniature, model微型鐵路;鐵路模型◇He created a model railway in his basement.他在地下室裏做了個鐵路模型。➤funicular (especially BrE) 纜索鐵路◇Tourists can take the funicular railway to the top of the mountain.遊客可以乘有軌纜車到達山頂。➤commuter, passenger, tourist通勤/旅客/旅遊鐵路➤freight (especially NAmE) 貨車鐵路▸➤private, regional, state私有/地方/國有鐵路➤short-line, transcontinental短程/洲際鐵路▸➤electric, steam電氣化/蒸汽鐵路VERB + RAILWAY/RAILROAD➤manage, operate, run管理鐵路;經營鐵路▸➤nationalize, privatize (both BrE) 使鐵路國有化;使鐵路私有化▸➤build, construct建造鐵路▸➤close, open關閉/開通鐵路➤regulate管理鐵路RAILWAY/RAILROAD + VERB➤run鐵路運行▸➤carry sth鐵路運送⋯◇The railways carry millions of tons of freight every year.鐵路每年運送數百萬噸的貨物。RAILWAY/RAILROAD + NOUN➤car, carriage, coach, train, wagon (BrE) 火車車廂;火車旅客車廂;列車;鐵路貨車車廂▸➤depot, station, terminus, yard火車站;列車終點站;鐵路調車場▸➤platform (especially BrE) 站台;月台▸➤ticket (especially BrE) 火車票➤timetable (especially BrE) 列車時刻表▸➤service (especially BrE) 鐵路服務▸➤connection鐵路聯運▸➤journey, travel (both especially BrE) 乘火車的旅程;乘火車旅行◇the pleasures of railway travel乘火車旅行的樂趣➤passenger, traveller (BrE) 火車乘客;乘火車旅行者➤employee, porter, staff, worker鐵路員工;鐵路行李搬運工;鐵路全體員工;鐵路工人▸➤architect, engineer鐵路建築師/工程師▸➤authorities, company鐵路當局/公司▸➤network, system鐵路網;鐵路系統▸➤line, track鐵路線;鐵軌▸➤junction, sidings鐵路交叉點;鐵路岔線▸➤bridge, crossing, tunnel, viaduct (especially BrE) 鐵路橋;鐵路平交道口;鐵路隧道;鐵路高架橋▸➤enthusiast (especially BrE) 鐵路迷◇He is a lifelong railway enthusiast.他一生都痴迷於鐵路。➤accident鐵路事故▸➤age (especially BrE) 鐵路時代◇Such speed was unimaginable before the railway age.這樣的速度在鐵路時代之前是不可想像的。PREPOSITION➤on a/the railway在鐵路上;在鐵道部門◇They are doing maintenance work on the railway.他們在鐵路上做養護工作。◇He works on the railways.他在鐵路系統工作。➤railway between⋯之間的鐵路◇the railway between Funchal and Monte豐沙爾和蒙特之間的鐵路➤railway from, railway to從⋯來的鐵路;前往⋯的鐵路