funicular

• 指与缆索铁路（缆车）有关的，通常位于陡坡上，车辆由移动的缆索牵引。也可指这种缆索或缆索系统。

Relating to a cable railway system, typically on a steep slope, where cars are pulled by a moving cable.

1. C1formal

   Relating to or operated by a cable, especially a system of transportation that uses a cable to move vehicles up and down a steep slope.

   缆索驱动的

   • The funicular railway carries tourists up the mountain.
   • They took the funicular tram to the top of the hill.
   • The city's funicular system is a popular attraction.

• 一种铁路系统，通常建在陡坡上，车辆由缆绳牵引沿轨道上下运行，并用配重保持平衡。

A type of railway, typically on a steep slope, where cars ascend and descend along a track, balanced by a moving cable and counterbalancing cars.

1. Cable railway on a steep slopeB2formaltechnical

   A railway system on a steep hillside where cars are pulled by a moving cable and counterbalance each other as they ascend and descend.

   陡坡缆索铁路

   • We took the funicular to reach the summit without hiking.
   • The funicular connects the lower town to the historical quarter on the hill.
   • Funiculars are common in mountainous cities as an efficient mode of transport.
   • The ascending car passed the descending one exactly at the midpoint of the funicular.

   同义词cable railwayfunicular railway