A transport system in which goods are carried suspended from a continuous moving cable.
索道，缆道
Example sentencesExamples
The Indian army has an impressive scheme to try to clean the glacier by building a gargantuan aerial cableway that will cart supplies up and carry waste down.
The inspector's report said: ‘The proposed cableway across the river would be visually intrusive.’
Refreshments will be taken in Montepertuso and in Nocelle, a village accessible only on foot (aerial cableways are used to bring supplies up to the residents and their guests).
By 11: 21 a.m., the fire has spread through cableways to all aft compartments and has reached nearly 2, 000° F.
Definition of cableway in US English:
cableway
nounˈkābəlˌwāˈkeɪbəlˌweɪ
A transportation system in which goods are carried suspended from a continuous moving cable.
索道，缆道
Example sentencesExamples
By 11: 21 a.m., the fire has spread through cableways to all aft compartments and has reached nearly 2, 000° F.
Refreshments will be taken in Montepertuso and in Nocelle, a village accessible only on foot (aerial cableways are used to bring supplies up to the residents and their guests).
The inspector's report said: ‘The proposed cableway across the river would be visually intrusive.’
The Indian army has an impressive scheme to try to clean the glacier by building a gargantuan aerial cableway that will cart supplies up and carry waste down.