释义 |
funicular/fjʊˈnikjʊlə, fəˈnik-/ adj. & n.●adj. 1 (of a railway, esp. on a mountainside) operating by cable with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced (指铁道,尤指在山坡上的铁道)用缆索运转的 2 of a rope or its tension 绳索的,缆索的;绳索张力(或拉力、牵力)的 ●n. a funicular railway 缆索铁道,(用缆索牵引车辆的)登山铁道 [Latin funiculus from funis ‘rope’] |