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词汇 funicular
释义 funicular
noun[ C ]
uk /fjuːˈnɪk.jə.lər/ us /fjuːˈnɪk.juː.lɚ/(alsofunicular railway, uk /fjuːˌnɪk.jə.lə ˈreɪl.weɪ/ us /-juː.lɚ-/)
a special type of railway that travels up and down steep slopes, with thecarriages being pulled by a strong metal rope(靠钢缆牵引上下坡的)缆索铁道
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Examples from literature

By this time they had reached the bottom of the funicular, and were back in the little station near the observatory. 
They start along the terrace toward the station of the funicular railway. 
Those who like to come up by the funicular can do so. 
To scale the tremendous incline to the summit there was a funicular railway, to which our party now transferred themselves, sitting on seats raised one above another as in the gallery of a theater. 
Upon a certain funicular at a mountain resort, where the cars pass one another up and down every twenty minutes, the conductors salute one another stiffly each time they pass. 

Examples of funicular


funicular
Females have a comparatively long second funicular segment densely covered with placoid sensilla.
I can only describe this as a sort of horizontal funicular.
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Of these, 7,947 have raised objection to the detail of the proposal or have suggested that alternatives to the funicular railway should be considered.
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In ordinary language, the installations concerned are the cable cars, the funicular railways and ski lifts used in mountain resorts, all used where access is difficult.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The station is elevated to incorporate the cable winding equipment necessary for the operation of funicular railway and the cable car.
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The current cable car replaced this when the funicular was damaged by landslides, and uses the same route and adapted terminal stations.
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Today the funicular is electric and automatic, but it still uses the original cabins.
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There is a funicular that connects the basilica with the base of the cross.
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The trail is the remains of a former narrow gauge funicular railway whose tracks washed out during a rock slide in 1990.
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The peridioles are followed by their funicular cord and basal hapteron.
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The funicular was originally constructed to facilitate the building of this reservoir, and was not opened for public use until 2001.
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The line opened in 1888, and is one of the few funiculars with water propulsion.
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There were four cars in two connected pairs, essentially forming two parallel funicular railways, each running on narrow gauge tracks.
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The funicular closed in 1955 after a road up the mine had been built 1949.
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The funicular was renovated three times: in 1928, 1958, and 1984.
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