地铁 — meaning in English
dì tiě
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English meaning
Senses
地铁 is used for these senses in English:
- Tube (informal) The London Underground.
- rapid transit A commuter rail system that combines aspects of an interurban railway with those of a subway, using a menagerie of pathways such as viaduct, tunnel, beam, cut and cover, trench, at grade, and others.
- subway (Canada, US) A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
subway — full definition
- noun An underground railway system used for urban public transport.
- noun An underground pedestrian tunnel or walkway.
tube — full definition
- noun A hollow cylinder used to carry liquid, gas, or other material.
- noun (informal, chiefly British) The London Underground railway system.
- verb To fit or enclose something in a tube, or to float down a river on an inflated inner tube for fun.