railroad
/ˈreɪlrəʊd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈreɪlrəʊd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈrāl-ˌrōd ˈrel-; ˈre-ˌrōd/ (ame, mw) · /ˈreɪl.rəʊd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈreɪl.roʊd/ (ame, ipa)
railroad — 名詞
- railroadsingular
- railroadsplural
1. The pair of metal bars fixed to the ground that trains move along, together with
鐵軌
火車行駛的金屬軌道
The pair of metal bars fixed to the ground that trains move along, together with the wooden or concrete blocks that hold them in place.
The workers repaired the railroad after the storm washed away the ground beneath the tracks.
工人們修復了風暴沖刷掉路基之後的鐵軌。
A deer stood on the railroad, and the train stopped until it moved off.
一頭鹿站在鐵軌上，火車停了下來直到牠離開。
collocation: on the railroad
Children are taught never to walk on or near the railroad tracks without an adult.
孩子們被教導不可在鐵軌上或附近走動——除非有大人陪同。
That old railroad has not been used since the mine shut down thirty years ago.
那條舊鐵路已經三十多年沒用過了，從礦場關閉之後。
Engineers inspect every section of the railroad each morning before the first train departs.
工程師們每天早晨在第一班火車出發前檢查鐵軌的每個路段。
文法句型
the + railroad
railroad + noun (attributive)
用法筆記
This sense often appears in the singular with 'the' ('the railroad') to refer to a specific stretch of track. The plural 'railroads' can refer to multiple separate track lines.
常見錯誤
2. The complete system that includes the tracks, stations, rolling stock, and the c
鐵路
軌道、車站與營運公司的整體系統
The complete system that includes the tracks, stations, rolling stock, and the company or public authority that operates them to move people and products.
Japan's railroad system is famous for its punctuality and high-speed trains.
日本的鐵路系統以準時和新幹線聞名。
proper noun + railroad system
Sayaka's grandfather worked for the railroad for forty years as a station supervisor.
Sayaka 的祖父在鐵路公司工作了四十年，擔任車站主管。
verb + for the railroad
The government spent billions of dollars on improving the country's railroad network.
政府花了數十億美元改善國家的鐵路網絡。
Railroad companies now use computers to manage schedules and track each train's location.
鐵路公司現在使用電腦來管理時刻表，並追蹤每一班列車的位置。
Shipping goods by railroad is often cheaper than using trucks over long distances.
長途運輸貨物走鐵路通常比用卡車便宜。
- railway
British English; identical meaning
- rail network
focuses on the physical infrastructure
- train service
focuses on the passenger operations side
文法句型
the + railroad
work for + the + railroad
by + railroad
用法筆記
This is the most common sense in everyday American English. The British English equivalent is 'railway'. When preceded by 'the' ('the railroad'), it often refers to a specific company or the industry as a whole.
常見錯誤
railroad — 動詞
- railroadpresent simple I / you / we / they
- railroads3rd person singular
- railroading-ing form
- railroadedpast simple
1. To push a person or a decision through a process in a rushed, unfair way, withou
強迫；硬推
倉促且不公平地強行通過
To push a person or a decision through a process in a rushed, unfair way, without allowing enough time for proper discussion or for the person to refuse.
The committee railroaded the decision through without letting anyone speak against it.
委員會在沒有人有機會反對的情況下，硬是把那項決策給通過了。
railroad + through [noun phrase]
Opposition senators claimed the new law was railroaded through parliament in just one day.
反對黨參議員聲稱這項新法只花了一天就被強行通過國會。
passive: be railroaded through
Hari felt he had been railroaded into signing the agreement without seeing the full terms.
Hari 覺得自己被騙著簽下了協議，完全沒有看到完整的條款。
The company tried to railroad workers into accepting lower pay and threatened to fire them.
公司以解雇威脅，試圖強迫工人們接受較低的薪資。
- bulldoze
similar meaning, also informal; suggests even more force
- steamroller
very informal; implies crushing opposition
- push through
less negative; can be neutral or positive
- coerce
more formal; focuses on forcing someone's will
- consult
to seek opinions before deciding
- deliberate
to discuss carefully before acting
文法句型
railroad + noun + through + noun
railroad + noun + into + gerund/noun
be + railroaded
用法筆記
Nearly always negative in tone. 'Railroad' in this sense implies that the process was deliberately rushed to prevent fair consideration or to pressure someone. Frequently used in political and workplace contexts.
常見錯誤
❌ 'She railroaded him into going to the party.' (for mild persuasion) — Use this only when there is genuine unfair pressure, not simple encouragement.
railroad — 形容詞
- railroadpositive
- more railroadcomparative
- most railroadsuperlative
1. Describing an indoor space such as an apartment or kitchen that is much longer t
狹長的
形容房間或建築內部狹長
Describing an indoor space such as an apartment or kitchen that is much longer than it is wide, shaped like the inside of a train car.
Their apartment had a railroad layout, with each room leading straight into the next one.
他們的公寓是狹長格局，每個房間直接連到下一個房間。
noun phrase: railroad layout
They turned the warehouse into a narrow railroad-style office with desks in a single row.
房東把倉庫改裝成狹長的火車車廂風格辦公室，辦公桌排成一列。
compound: railroad-style
Railroad apartments were common in New York City working-class neighborhoods in the early 1900s.
狹長型公寓在二十世紀初紐約市的工人住宅區很常見。
The kitchen was a narrow railroad shape, so tight that only one cook could fit.
那個廚房是狹長的形狀，窄到只能容一個廚師在裡面做事。
文法句型
railroad + noun (room, apartment, building)
用法筆記
Primarily used in North American English to describe apartments ('railroad apartment' or 'railroad flat') built in narrow tenement buildings, where rooms are connected in a straight line with no hallway. The term comes from the layout of a train carriage.