tram /ˈtræm/
電車軌道,煤車,一種絲線(vt.)用煤車運載(vi.)乘電車
Tram n.
1. A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.
2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.]
3. One of the rails of a tramway.
4. A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.]
Tram car, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a street railway car.
Tram plate, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail.
Tram pot Milling, the step and support for the lower end of the spindle of a millstone.
Tram, n. A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
Tram, n. Mech. Same as Trammel, n., 6.
Tram v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trammed p. pr. & vb. n. Tramming.] To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.
Tram, v. i. To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway.
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tram
n 1: a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in
carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series
of towers [syn: tramway, aerial tramway, cable
tramway, ropeway]
2: a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a
tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" [syn: tramcar]
3: a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by
electricity; "`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms"
[syn: streetcar, tramcar, trolley, trolley car]
[also: tramming, trammed]