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名詞

zipway (複数形 zipways)

1. (science fiction) A high-speed elevator, corridor, or similar transit route.
   • 2006, K. A. Bedford, Hydrogen Steel

     I never cared for zipways as a way to get around megastructures like this. I always thought that there was a reason God invented taxis.

   • 2012, Connie Willis, ‎Larry Correia, ‎Mercedes Lackey, A Cosmic Christmas

     He could only stay there, suspended halfway between the top of the wall and the zipway, and wish would all come out all right. He'd taken a gamble, and sometimes you lost gambles. He felt more than saw the flyers stop, and he dropped down the remaining meter and a half to the surface of the zipway.