railroad

英 ['re?lr??d] 美['relrod]

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第三人稱單數:?railroads;過去式:?railroaded;過去分詞:?railroaded;現在分詞:?railroading;

railroad 鐵路，鐵軌，強迫，促使

rail,鐵軌，road,道路。引申比喻義強迫，迫使，來自火車這一龐然大物的比喻義。

railroad (n.): 1757, from rail (n.1) + road. Originally "road laid with rails for heavy wagons (in mining)." The process itself (but not the word) seems to have been in use by late 17c. Application to passenger and freight trains dates from 1825, though tending to be replaced in this sense in England by railway.
railroad (v.): "to convict quickly and perhaps unjustly," 1873, American English, from railroad (n.).
A person knowing more than might be desirable of the affairs, or perhaps the previous life of some powerful individual, high in authority, might some day ventilate his knowledge, possibly before a court of justice; but if his wisdom is railroaded to State's prison, his evidence becomes harmless. ["Wanderings of a Vagabond," New York, 1873]
Related: Railroaded; railroading. An earlier verb sense was "to have a mania for building railroads" (1847).

2. This town got a lot bigger when the railroad came in the 1860s.: 自從19世紀60年代通了火車之后，這座城鎮變大了許多。

3. Bridges over railroad tracks root danger out in crossing.: 鐵軌上空的天橋排除了穿行中的危險.

4. The railroad connects two cities, namely, New York and Chicago.: 這條鐵路連接兩個城市, 即紐約與芝加哥.

5. His enemies tried to railroad him to prison without a fair trial.: 他的敵人企圖以輕率的審判使他坐牢.