词族 · rail-splitter
词形变化
英语词源
- rail-splitter (n.)
- 1853, from rail (n.1) + agent noun from split (v.). Usually with reference to or suggestion of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, as it figured in his political biography.
权威例句
- 1. The government is spending billions of dollars on new urban rail projects.
- 政府正把数十亿元花在新城市铁路项目上。
- 2. The rail strike is causing major disruptions at the country's ports.
- 铁路罢工使该国港口陷入了一片混乱。
- 3. The sudden onset of winter caused havoc with rail and air transport.
- 冬天的突然降临让铁路和航空运输系统陷入混乱。
- 4. The president traveled by rail to his home town.
- 总统坐火车回到了他的家乡。
- 5. The gloom deepened after a thumping £45m loss at British Rail.
- 英国铁路公司遭受了4,500万英镑的巨额损失后境况更加惨淡。