English Dictionary

subway

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsʌbˌweɪ/

名詞

カナダ英語 スコットランド英語 南アフリカ英語 アメリカ英語 イギリス英語

(Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. / (Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.

日本語の意味

都市部における大量輸送を目的として地下に敷設された鉄道路線 / その路線上を走行する電車

I missed the last subway and had to walk home through the rain.

終電の地下鉄に乗り遅れて、雨の中歩いて家に帰らなければなりませんでした。

意味（1）

(Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.

In 1884 Greathead was part of a syndicate that obtained powers for another subway – 'The City of London & Southwark Subway'. The term 'subway' sounded more sophisticated than 'underground railway', which was associated with the sulphurous Metropolitan, and it would be adopted by New York for its own electric metro when work started on that in 1904.

意味（2）

(Canada, US, Scotland, South Africa) A train that runs on such an underground railway.

Just before you leave, the subway comes. You get on. It stops at the next station.

意味（3）

(Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.

意味（4）

(Britain) An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

Heading beneath the tracks via the subway to the immediate north of the station takes us to the Didcot Railway Centre.

意味（5）

An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.

subways （ plural ）