streetcar
A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars…A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars attached together, operating on city streets; a trolley car.
» Do they have streetcars in Boston?
В них у Бостоні є трамваї?
Meaning
1 senses(Canada, US)A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car but sometimes multiple cars attached together, operating on city streets; a trolley car.
- a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
Examples
15 sentencesDo they have streetcars in Boston?
В них у Бостоні є трамваї?
While I was waiting for the streetcar, I witnessed a traffic accident.
ruПока я ждал трамвай, я стал свидетелем аварии.
deWährend ich auf die Straßenbahn wartete, wurde ich Zeuge eines Verkehrsunfalls.
I get off the streetcar here.
ruЯ выхожу из трамвая здесь.
Tom was in the streetcar.
Streetcars run on electricity.
ruТрамваи работают на электричестве.
deStraßenbahnen werden mit Elektrizität betrieben.
Origin
From street + car. Coined before the era of motorcars, the term emphasized a type of car oFrom street + car. Coined before the era of motorcars, the term emphasized a type of car on rails that were in the street (along with foot traffic, wagons, and carriages) rather than on a separate, dedicated railroad, as a railcar is.
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Forms
plural: streetcars| Singular | streetcar |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity:tramtramcartrolleytrolley car