rapid transit

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] (especially AmE) the system of fast public transport in cities, especially the SUBWAY

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rapid transitEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus rapid transitEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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