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单词 engine bell
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engine bell
engine bell n. (a) a warning bell on a locomotive or (occasionally) a fire engine; (b) (on a steamer) a bell enabling the pilot to communicate with the engineer.
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1835 F. W. Thomas Clinton Bradshaw I. xiv. 238 The noise of the engine bells and wheels was heard in the lane, as the hose-men ran to and fro, unreeling the hose.
1840 R. C. Rawlins Jrnl. 8 Mar. in J. L. Tearle Amer. Jrnl. (2002) vii. 94 I had heard the engine bell for the starboard side violently pulled by the pilot.
1844 Sandusky (Ohio) Clarion 9 Nov. Not the slightest blame can be attached to the engine driver, who had only a minute or two before the accident happened, rung the engine bell at a previous crossing.
1913 E. Peixotto Pacific Shores from Panama 118 Early next morning the clang of the engine bell and the clank of the mooring-chains told us we had anchored.
2001 Denver Post (Nexis) 7 Dec. a29 Children climbed in and out of locomotives, passenger cars and cabooses. The clang of engine bells filled the air.
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