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

• 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。
• Transport is done by railroads, trucks, ships, planes and pipes.
  运输渠道包括铁路，火车，船只，飞机和管道。
• The influence of harmonics produced by high-speed electric railroads on grid is introduced.
  针对高速电气化铁路的特点，简要介绍了其产生的谐波对电网的影响。
• These people did not want the railroads to completely control the transport of goods.
  这些人不想让铁路完全控制商品的运输。
• 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。
• As Morgan combined more and more industries and railroads after 1901 his power grew almost by geometric ratio.
  1901年以后，随着摩根兼并越来越多的工业和铁路，他的力量几乎按照几何比率增长。
• But so many railroads were built so quickly that fierce competition erupted among them and bankruptcies soon followed.
  但是，所建铁路如此之多之快，引发了激烈竞争，进而导致倒闭和破产。
• Some railroads once run by steam are now electrified.
  从前由蒸汽操纵的铁路现在电气化了。
• By the same logic, the railroads created Chicago and the car did the same for Detroit and Los Angeles.
  根据同样的逻辑，铁路创建了芝加哥，汽车创建了底特律和洛杉矶。
• The coming of the railroads made canal shipping less important.
  铁路的出现使运河航运不那么重要了。