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单词 ratrac
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Ratracn.

Brit. /ˈratrak/, U.S. /ˈræˌtræk/
Forms: 1900s– Ratrac, 1900s– Ratrack. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Apparently a borrowing from German. Etymon: German Ratrac.
Etymology: Apparently < German regional (Swiss) Ratrac, brand name (1969 or earlier: see quot. 1969), of unknown origin.Compare:1969 Schweizerisches Patent-, Muster- u. Marken-Blatt: Fabrik- u. Handelsmarken 28 Nov. 654/1 Hinterlegungsdatum : 15. Juli 1969, 18 Uhr Dr. K. Schleuniger & Co., Universitätsstrasse 87, Zürich 6.—Fabrikation und Handel. Raupenfahrzeug. (Int. Kl. 12) RATRAC. For a suggested etymology of the name compare the following:2002 A. Room Encycl. Corporate Names Worldwide 402/1 The vehicle itself is what is known in German as a Raupenfahrzeug, ‘caterpillar tractor’, from Raupe, ‘caterpillar’, and the name presumably blends the first two letters of this with the first part of English ‘tractor’.
A tracked vehicle designed for travelling on snow-covered terrain, used esp. for compacting snow on a ski slope. Cf. snowcat n.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.
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1971 Country Life 14 Oct. 964/2 The pistes themselves are maintained in safe condition with Ratrac machines.
1977 M. Baud-Bovy & F. Lawson Tourism & Recreation Handbk. (2002) v. 81/2 Compacting snow when it is falling (with snow cats and ratracks).
1988 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) p. iii/6 A half-day off-piste run across glaciers to La Grave, which starts with a Ratrac ride at 3,500 metres.
1994 Observer (Nexis) 2 Oct. 13 Killer bumps that survive only in places too steep for the Ratrac to roam.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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