railroad

IPA（発音記号）

名詞

アメリカ英語比喩的用法

(chiefly US) A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

日本語の意味

鉄道 ― 列車や同様の動力車両が走行するために設けられた、固定された金属製の軌道（線路）

The old railroad bridge creaked as the freight train rolled across it at dawn.

夜明けに貨物列車が通ると、古い鉄道橋がきしんだ。

意味（1）

(chiefly US) A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads

意味（2）

意味（3）

(chiefly US) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets

Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other

意味（4）

(figuratively) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

railroads

（ plural ）