funicular
funicular 英 [fju:ˈnɪkjələ(r)] 美 [fjʊˈnɪkjəlɚ, fə-]
n. 索道缆车 adj. 索状的；纤维的
名词复数:funiculars
- A funicular is a railway that goes up the side of a mountain. A funicular is pulled by a moving cable and involves complex, counterbalanced movements of the cars.
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- n. 索道缆车
- adj. 索状的；纤维的
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1. Later I take the funicular train, with its outstanding panoramic views.
后来我乘缆车观赏了全景式的景观。
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2. This summer I want to take my son on the funicular railway which runs up the mountain to the top of the castle gardens.
这个夏天我想带我儿子乘坐缆车到山顶上的城堡花园去玩。
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3. The massive octagonal structure contains 10 rooms, 2 baths, and is accessible only by a funicular.
巨大的八边形结构，包括10个房间两间浴室，只有乘坐缆车可以进入。
- funicular (adj.) 1660s, from funicle "a small cord" (1660s), from Latin funiculus "a slender rope," diminutive of funis "a cord, rope," of unknown etymology. De Vaan suggests it is a derivative of the root of filum. A funicular railway (1874) is one worked by a cable from a stationary engine.
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