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cable car

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Transport
ˈcable car noun [countable]  1. TTa vehicle that hangs from a moving cable, and is used to take people up and down mountains 登山缆车,吊车2. TTa vehicle similar to a train that is pulled along by a moving cable 索道车,缆车
Examples from the Corpus
cable carIt is reached by way of a beautiful mountain railway journey from Lauterbrunnen or by cable car from Stechelberg.Getting into the precarious cable car, the ebullient engineer had himself hauled to the far side and back again.It is convenient to the railway station and only a 10 minute walk from the Schilthorn cable car.It is centrally situated, and a ten minute walk from the cable car which leads to some magnificent mountain walks.The less energetic could take the easy walk to the cable car and ride to the summit of Mount Mottarone.
ˈcable car nounChineseSyllable
a from used cable, and a vehicle hangs Corpus that is moving


cable car
ˈcable car noun [countable]
1. a vehicle that hangs from a moving cable, and is used to take people up and down mountains
2. a vehicle similar to a train that is pulled along by a moving cable


cable carBrE /ˈkeɪbl kɑː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkeɪbl kɑːr/ 🔊 noun
a vehicle that hangs from and is pulled by a moving cable and that carries passengers up and down a mountain (悬空的)缆车,索车
(especially NAmE) a vehicle that runs on tracks and is pulled by a moving cable 有轨缆车