English Dictionary

railroad

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) To transport via railroad. / (intransitive) To operate a railroad. / (intransitive) To work for a railroad. / (intransitive) To travel by railroad.

日本語の意味

鉄道による輸送を行う / 鉄道を運営する / 鉄道に勤務する / 鉄道で移動する

Each autumn, we railroad the grain from the Great Plains to the coastal ports.

毎年秋に、私たちは大平原から沿岸の港へ穀物を鉄道で輸送します。

意味（1）

(transitive) To transport via railroad.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To operate a railroad.

The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly

意味（3）

(intransitive) To work for a railroad.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To travel by railroad.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

意味（6）

(transitive) To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.

The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.

意味（7）

(transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.

They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.

意味（8）

(transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.

He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.

意味（9）

(role-playing games) To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.

意味（10）

(upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.

If you are upholstering a larger item, such as a sofa, it's a good idea to see if the fabric you are buying can be railroaded. Railroading refers to being able to run the fabric from left to right, rather than the conventional top to bottom. […] [W]hen a pattern is railroaded you can turn it on its side and roll it out to the width of the sofa without join lines.

railroads （ present singular third-person ）

railroading （ participle present ）

railroaded （ participle past ）

railroaded （ past ）