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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

有轨电车

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yǒuguǐ diànchē

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tram/træm/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #3450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"乘坐有轨电车可以欣赏城市的风景。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A passenger vehicle powered by electricity that runs on rails laid in a public road.

    "She took the tram to get to the city center for work."
  2. 2

    A cableway or aerial tramway used for transporting passengers or materials up mountains.

    "The aerial tram takes tourists to the peak of the mountain in just ten minutes."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Northern English and Scottish dialects from the late late 18th century, referring to an open coal wagon or the wooden track it ran on (from Middle Low German tram meaning 'beam' or 'shaft'). The meaning evolved in the late 19th century to designate a passenger rail vehicle running on tracks along public streets.

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