trolley
pronunciation
How to pronounce trolley in British English:
UK [ˈtrɒli]
How to pronounce trolley in American English:
US [ˈtrɑːli]
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- Noun:
- a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
Word Origin
- trolley (n.)
- 1823, in Suffolk dialect, "a cart," especially one with wheels flanged for running on a track (1858), probably from troll (v.) in the sense of "to roll." Sense transferred to "device used to transmit electric current to streetcars, consisting of a trolley wheel which makes contact with the overhead wires" (1888), then "streetcar drawing power by a trolley" (1891), which probably is short for trolley-car, attested from 1889.
Example
- 1. Trolley cars in kaliningrad are the oldest in the country .
- 2. The subject of the study is challenged with thought experiments involving a runaway railway trolley or train carriage .
- 3. Like the trolley problem , the ticking time bomb scenario is an ethical problem that forces one to choose between two morally questionable acts .
- 4. The trolley problem sets forth a typical moral dilemma ; is it permissible to harm one or more individuals in order to save others ?
- 5. In a recent study of moral decision-making , for example , he recruited hundreds of turkers to repeat a classic thought experiment known as the trolley problem .