| 单词 | ice locomotive |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice locomotive ice locomotive n. now chiefly historical a locomotive designed to travel on ice. ΚΠ 1859 Pract. Mechanic's Jrnl. June 78/1 Ice steamers have lately been tried with success in North America. Perhaps they might be called with more propriety ice locomotives, as they travel upon the ice as upon a railway or hard and level road. 1906 Automotor Jrnl. 10 Mar. 301/1 Mr. C. E. S. Burch..has designed an ice locomotive, which he proposes to use instead of the dogs. 2001 R. Smith Making of Scotl. 847/1 In 1861 Hyde Park [sc. Neilson & Co. Hyde Park locomotive works] built a unique ski-equipped spiked-wheel ‘ice locomotive’ for Russia. < as lemmas |
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