railways

英 [ˈreɪlweɪz]

美 [ˈreɪlˌweɪz]

n.  铁路; 铁道; 铁路公司; 铁道部门; 铁路系统
railway的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 铁路;铁道
  Arailwayis a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails.
  1. The road ran beside a railway.
     公路建在铁路旁边。
  2. ...a disused railway line.
     废弃的铁路线

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用railroad


• N-COUNT 铁路公司;铁路部门
  Arailwayis a company or organization that operates railway routes.
  1. ...the state-owned French railway.
     法国国有铁路公司
  2. ...the privatisation of the railways.
     铁路私有化

in AM, use 美国英语用 railroad


• 铁路系统；铁路网
  Arailwayis the system and network of tracks that trains travel on.

双语例句

• Bombing had made roads and railways unusable.
  轰炸导致公路和铁路都无法通行。
• These railways have changed the face of the country.
  这些铁路改变了国家的面貌。
• We have a large system of railways.
  我们有一个庞大的铁路系统。
• The two railways cross here.
  两条铁路在此交叉。
• We started out by looking at ways in which big projects such as railways could be financed by the private sector
  我们先研究了让私营企业投资铁路等大型项目的方式。
• Guyana's railways were previously owned by private companies
  圭亚那的铁路以前是归私有企业所有的。
• Bus routes and railways, both overground and underground, converged on the station.
  公共汽车线路和地上地下路轨都在该站交汇。
• A country's sinews are its roads and railways.
  公路和铁路是国家的命脉。
• I welcome the news that attacks on women on the railways are 19 per cent down.
  铁路上发生的袭击妇女事件下降了19%，这一情况我听了很高兴。
• This part of the country is still backward; there are no railways or motor-roads, and no electricity.
  这一地区仍很落后；没有铁路或公路，也没有电力。