funicular

Word family adjectivefunicularfuniculatenounfuniculusfunicle

fu·nic·u·lar /fjʊˈnɪkjələ $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

TTRa small railway that carries people up and down a steep hill or mountain, pulled by a thick metal rope 〔登山〕缆索铁路

Examples from the Corpus

funicular• Suzanne and I squeezed into a funicular.• I know how the funicular is operating.• Nebozízek seemed to be the only stop the funicular made before going on down to the bottom of the hill.• The funicular had resumed its climb, apparently smoothly enough.

Origin funicular

(1600-1700) Latin funiculus “small rope”, from funis “rope”

单词	funicular
释义	funicular Word family adjectivefunicularfuniculatenounfuniculusfunicle fu·nic·u·lar /fjʊˈnɪkjələ $ -ər/ noun [countableC] TTRa small railway that carries people up and down a steep hill or mountain, pulled by a thick metal rope 〔登山〕缆索铁路 Examples from the Corpus funicular• Suzanne and I squeezed into a funicular.• I know how the funicular is operating.• Nebozízek seemed to be the only stop the funicular made before going on down to the bottom of the hill.• The funicular had resumed its climb, apparently smoothly enough. Origin funicular (1600-1700) Latin funiculus “small rope”, from funis “rope”
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