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subway (n.)
[subway 词源字典]
1825, "underground passage" (for water pipes or pedestrians, later for electrical wires), from
sub-
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way
(n.). The sense of "underground railway in a city" is first recorded 1892, in reference to London.
[subway etymology, subway origin, 英语词源]