cable car
A streetcar moved by gripping to rotating loop of cable running along the trackA streetcar moved by gripping to rotating loop of cable running along the track.
» We went up the mountain by cable car.
Wir fuhren mit der Seilbahn den Berg hoch.
Мы поднялись на гору на фуникулёре.
Meaning
3 senses(Philippines, US)A streetcar moved by gripping to rotating loop of cable running along the track.
Any passenger vehicle attached to a moving cable for propulsion, and guided by some form of rails, on a specially-built track not in a street.
A hanging carriage or car for transporting people or cargo.
Pendelbahn
ваго́н кана́тной доро́гиvagón kanátnoj dorógi, кана́тная доро́гаkanátnaja doróga
- a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
Examples
12 sentencesWe went up the mountain by cable car.
ruМы поднялись на гору на фуникулёре.
deWir fuhren mit der Seilbahn den Berg hoch.
Some students take the cable car.
deEs gibt auch Schüler, die die Seilbahn nehmen.
Tom took the cable car up the mountain.
A cable car is a type of vehicle.
What a nice cable-car this is!