railroad

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A railroad is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. 铁路[美国英语]
2. N-COUNT A railroad is a company or organization that operates railway routes. 铁路公司[美国英语]
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad wouldn't go along with that arrangement and said it would shut down completely. 芝加哥西北铁路公司不同意那项安排并说要彻底停止。
3. V-T If you railroad someone into doing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them. (通过催促和施压) 迫使某人做某事
He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognizing the new "independent" states. 他或多或少地强迫了欧洲其他国家承认这些新“独立”的国家。

We see that freight railroads make good profits while rendering excellent service .
The railroads have lost a lot of business to trucking companies .
The bridge carries the railroad across the river .
The book discusses the decline of the railroads in the United States.
It was the worst railroad disaster in Indian history .