Word · Frequency #1481
limiteds
特快车；直达快车
limiteds is the plural of limited.
A fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops.
- 1.
An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.
一种仅在有限站点停靠的快车。
- 2.
public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops
特快公共交通工具
一种仅在有限站点停靠的快车。；特快公共交通工具；特别快车
In use
I caught the 8:15 limited to the city and arrived in just 45 minutes.
The limited makes only three stops between here and the airport.
If you're in a hurry, take the limited instead of the local.
take/catch the limited to [place]
作名词时，limited 指停靠站很少的快车或快巴；用 the limited 特指某班车。
We took the limited to Edinburgh and arrived in under four hours.
我们乘坐直达快车去爱丁堡，不到四小时就到了。
the [time] limited from/to [place]
可数名词，复数形式为 limiteds；时间词常放在 limited 前，用来指某一次固定的车次。
The 7:45 limited from Cardiff is pulling in now.
7点45分从加的夫开出的直达快车现在正进站。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- take the limited
- 乘坐特快车
- We decided to take the limited instead of the local train.我们决定乘坐特快车而不是普通慢车。
- catch a limited
- 赶上特快公共汽车
- You can catch a limited to the airport from this stop.你可以在这个车站赶上开往机场的特快公共汽车。
- wait for the limited
- 等候特快车
- We waited for the limited on platform three.我们在三号站台等候特快车。
- the limited to [destination]
- 开往〔目的地〕的特快车
- The limited to Boston is now boarding.开往波士顿的特快车现在正在检票上车。
Pop culture & quotes
- Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
- 你的时间有限，所以不要浪费时间去过别人的生活。Steve Jobs, in his 2005 Stanford University commencement address, urging graduates to follow their own intuition and dreams.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 limit=限制：limited 特快车只“限制”停靠少数大站，少停所以快。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：railway timetables、transit announcements 该名词义指仅停靠少数站点的特快列车或公共汽车，多用于交通时刻表、车站或运输公司说明等较正式或说明性语境，日常口语中较少作为名词单独使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
在读音 /ˈlɪmətəd/ 下，没有常见单词与之押韵。以下单词虽拼写相似（以 -ited 结尾），但读音不同：visited /ˈvɪzɪtɪd/、edited /ˈɛdɪtɪd/、excited /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/；unlimited 共享完整后缀 limited，但重音和元音可能不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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