Amtrak
pronunciation
How to pronounce Amtrak in British English:
UK ['æmtræk]
How to pronounce Amtrak in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Amtrak
- U.S. government-run railway corporation, 1971, contraction of American Track. Also is known as National Railway Passenger Corp.
Example
- 1. Last year , amtrak set all-time ridership records .
- 2. A cheap ticket with aer lingus took me to boston , followed by amtrak south .
- 3. Last september , for the first time since 1997 , congress approved an amtrak authorization bill that could nearly double it .
- 4. Seventy percent of amtrak 's service - basically everywhere but in the northeast - operates on freight railroad tracks , where inefficiencies cause frequent delays .
- 5. The schools , the highways , the post office ; amtrak , fema , nasa and the t. s. a. - not to mention the banks , the newspapers , the health care system , and above all , congress : nothing seems to function anymore , except the armed forces .