railway
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rail·way /ˈreɪlweɪ/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] British English TTTa system of tracks along which trains run, or a system of trains 铁路，铁道；铁路系统 SYN American English railroad a railway company 铁路公司
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railway• Scientific illustration meant not only pictures of animals, plants and rocks, but also of bridges, gas-works and railways.• It was no way to build railways.• He was sent at the age of 14 to work as an office boy at the city railway station.• And what's the Ghost Train but a model railway set of which one becomes a passenger?• The state railway, disrupted on Monday when farmers laid blazing barricades across the tracks, faces more trouble.• But the railways were also involved in the next stage of the life of some of the fruit harvested round the country.From Longman Business Dictionaryrailwayrail‧way /ˈreɪlweɪ/ noun [countable] British English1TRANSPORTTRAVELa method of travelling or moving goods by trainSYN AmE railroadBritain’s railwaysrailway workers2the railway/the railways all the work, equipment etc connected with a train systemSYNrailroad AmEHe worked on the railways.rail·way nounChineseSyllable
which Corpus system a Business system or along a trains of run, tracks
railway
rail‧way S2 W2 /ˈreɪlweɪ/
noun [countable] British English
a system of tracks along which trains run, or a system of trains
SYN railroad American English:
a railway company
rail‧way S2 W2 /ˈreɪlweɪ/
noun [countable] British Englisha system of tracks along which trains run, or a system of trains
SYN railroad American English:
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