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  • Conjugation : past  trammed ; ing  tramming
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

tram [træm]
  1. 1. noun [BRIT] [c] (also: tramcar) 有轨电车[美 = streetcar]
    to go by tram
    有轨电车

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

tram [træm]
  1. 1. n.[c] 缆车吊车
  2. 2. n.[c] 矿车煤车
  3. 3. n.[c] [British English] 有轨电车
    My father was a driver on the electric trams.
    父亲有轨电车司机
    Tourists were buying tickets to get on the tram.
    游客们正在买票上有轨电车
    The tram was crowded with children.
    有轨电车上挤满孩子
  4. 4. verb 有轨电车
    We'll tram it to the park from the city.
    我们将乘有轨电车市区公园

Collins English-English Dictionary

tram [træm]
  1. 1. n tramcar an electrically driven public transport vehicle that runs on rails let into the surface of the road, power usually being taken from an overhead wire streetcar trolley car
  2. 2. n a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine; tub
  3. 3. n [Etymology] C16 (in the sense: shaft of a cart): probably from Low German traam beam; compare Old Norse thrömr, Middle Dutch traem beam, tooth of a rake
tram [træm]
  1. 1. n [machinery] a fine adjustment that ensures correct function or alignment
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to adjust (a mechanism) to a fine degree of accuracy
  3. 3. vt. [Etymology] C19: short for trammel
tram [træm]
  1. 1. n (in weaving) a weft yarn of two or more twisted strands of silk
  2. 2. n [Etymology] C17: from French trame, from Latin trama; related to Latin trans across, trames footpath

Examples

Tourists were buying tickets to get on the tram.
游客们正在买票上有轨电车。
We'll tram it to the park from the city.
我们将乘有轨电车从市区到公园。
When her tram clanked to a halt in front of her, Maggie climbed aboard and went upstairs.
电车在玛吉面前叮叮当当停下来,她上了车,去了上层。
The old gentleman running the tram had a very broad Canadian accent.
这位驾驶有轨电车的年长绅士带有浓重的加拿大口音。

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