railroads

英 [ˈreɪlrəʊdz]

美 [ˈreɪlroʊdz]

n.  铁路; 铁路公司
v.  迫使…仓促行事; 强迫…做; 强使…草率(或草草)通过; 轻率判处
railroad的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 铁路；铁道
  Arailroadis a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails.
  1. ...railroad tracks that led to nowhere...
     向远方延伸的铁轨
  2. The railroad finally reached Santa Barbara in 1877.
     铁路终于在1877年修到了圣巴巴拉。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 railway


• N-COUNT 铁路公司；铁路部门
  Arailroadis a company or organization that operates railway routes.
  1. ...The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
     芝加哥和西北铁路公司

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 railway


• VERB 强迫，迫使（某人仓促行事）
  If yourailroadsomeoneintodoing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them.
  1. He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognising the new 'independent' states...
     他几乎是迫使着其他欧洲国家承认了那些新兴的“独立”国家。
  2. He railroaded the reforms through.
     他强制性地推行了改革。

双语例句

• Before the building of transcontinental railroads, California too relied on such ships for much of its trade.
  在修建贯穿美洲大陆的铁路之前，加州的大量贸易也依靠这种快帆船进行。
• Immigrants helped lay the railroads and build our cities, calloused hand by calloused hand.
  是移民们用一双双长满老茧的手，帮助铺设了铁路和建设了我们的城市。
• You work for the railroads too?
  你也为铁路工作？
• Power suppliers and the operators of oil pipelines and railroads might want to start.
  电力供销商和石油管道，铁路运营商可能要开始征程了。
• Funds were flowing into large-scale industrial development and into railroads.
  资金流入大规模的工业发展和铁路建筑。
• Water transportation was outmoded by railroads and good pikes.
  水上运输已因铁路和良好的税道而变得过时了。
• Rationality of iron melt materials handing assignation and railroads layout can be evaluated by the simulation system.
  建立的仿真系统实现安了对铁水物流分配和铁路布局的合理性的研究。
• Where do the two railroads connect [ link up]?
  两条铁路在何处连接？
• He has ridden europe's railroads for years.
  多年来他一直乘坐欧洲的几条铁路线旅行。
• Railroads also attracted a good deal of private investment, both domestic and European.
  修筑铁路时还吸收了国内和欧洲的大量私人投资。