streetcar
要点市街電車
意味
- 市街電車(《英》tram, tramcar)
例文
The city has decided to do away with the streetcar.
その市は市電を廃止することを決めた。
The streetcar is now certainly out of date.
路面電車は今では確かに時代遅れかもしれない。
That streetcar is the most recent model.
あの路面電車は最新型です。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From 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.