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单词 freight train
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Definition of freight train in English:

freight train

noun
  • 1A train for carrying goods rather than people.

    a collision between a passenger train and a freight train
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A passing freight train rattles the walls of the Western Heritage Center as a reminder of the railroad's influence.
    • In agriculture there was an upheaval after a new direct railway brought Moscow to within three weeks of Tashkent by freight train.
    • Between 1929 and 2000 freight trains got longer, heavier, and faster.
    • These prices distinguish between 10 categories of line, and seven types of passenger trains and five types of freight trains.
    • He took them to the station and the three boarded an overcrowded freight train headed west.
    • Underneath is the tunnel for a new freight train line, part of a larger programme to improve the city's transport.
    • There were two small freight train engines standing next to each other in the yard.
    • Car shuttles would run at 88 km per hour between Sangatte and Folkestone, freight trains at 64 km per hour.
    • Today freight trains are the only ones to use the railway lines.
    • There's scant peace to be had; everywhere is noise - freight trains, wind turbines, etc.
    1. 1.1 Used in reference to a phenomenon regarded as powerful and unstoppable.
      people do not see the freight train of fiscal chaos coming
      cybercrime is a runaway freight train
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Teenagers are tested and tormented by the oncoming freight train called adult life.
      • The partisian hacks on both sides of the aisle are so blinded that they don't see this freight train of debt coming downing down the tracks.
      • But any short-term hiccups pale in comparison to the runaway freight train of disruption that is the sharing economy.
      • This movie franchise is a freight train that can't be stopped.
      • Underfunded pension plans are a slow-moving freight train that has been bearing down on corporate America for years.
      • Perhaps he discerns the freight train of public disapproval coming his way.
      • There is not much that has been able to stop the San Antonio freight train lately, as the Spurs have won seven consecutive games.
      • A freight train of emotion engulfed Maracana Stadium.

Definition of freight train in US English:

freight train

noun
  • 1A train for carrying goods rather than people.

    a collision between a passenger train and a freight train
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Underneath is the tunnel for a new freight train line, part of a larger programme to improve the city's transport.
    • Between 1929 and 2000 freight trains got longer, heavier, and faster.
    • A passing freight train rattles the walls of the Western Heritage Center as a reminder of the railroad's influence.
    • In agriculture there was an upheaval after a new direct railway brought Moscow to within three weeks of Tashkent by freight train.
    • Car shuttles would run at 88 km per hour between Sangatte and Folkestone, freight trains at 64 km per hour.
    • There were two small freight train engines standing next to each other in the yard.
    • These prices distinguish between 10 categories of line, and seven types of passenger trains and five types of freight trains.
    • Today freight trains are the only ones to use the railway lines.
    • He took them to the station and the three boarded an overcrowded freight train headed west.
    • There's scant peace to be had; everywhere is noise - freight trains, wind turbines, etc.
    1. 1.1 Used in reference to a phenomenon regarded as powerful and unstoppable.
      people do not see the freight train of fiscal chaos coming
      cybercrime is a runaway freight train
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A freight train of emotion engulfed Maracana Stadium.
      • This movie franchise is a freight train that can't be stopped.
      • Perhaps he discerns the freight train of public disapproval coming his way.
      • The partisian hacks on both sides of the aisle are so blinded that they don't see this freight train of debt coming downing down the tracks.
      • Underfunded pension plans are a slow-moving freight train that has been bearing down on corporate America for years.
      • But any short-term hiccups pale in comparison to the runaway freight train of disruption that is the sharing economy.
      • Teenagers are tested and tormented by the oncoming freight train called adult life.
      • There is not much that has been able to stop the San Antonio freight train lately, as the Spurs have won seven consecutive games.
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