| 释义 |
cocopan S. Afr.|ˈkəʊkəpæn|
Also kokopan.
[f. Nguni i-ngqukumbana/-bane, lit. ‘stumpy wagon’.]
A small steel truck which runs on rails.
1914Min. Proc. S. Afr. Soc. Civ. Engin., The pick, shovel, wheelbarrow and coco pan suited to the low-waged native labourer. 1946L. G. Green So Few are Free (1948) ix. 126 Everything must go into the cocopans, which transport the gravel to the washing plant. 1951G. van Delden I have a Plan x. 102 Several kokopans, such as are used for transporting sugar-cane. 1954Rand Daily Mail 15 Mar. 3, 4 Cocopans with steel cable. |