单词 | rip track |
释义 | rip trackn. North American. A section of railway line used as a site for repairs to coaches and other rolling stock. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > track > section used as repair site rip track1892 1892 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 4 Dec. 2/3 A Southern Pacific switchman..was under a car on the rip track in the yards. 1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 51/1 Rip track, minor repair track or car repair department. (Rip means repair.) 1960 Glossaria Interpretum: Chemins de Fer 1882 Voie de réparations,..Repair track, rip track Am. 1973 Amer. Speech 1969 44 246 Various parts of the yard have names..such as riptrack (a long section of track—possibly several tracks if the yard is large—which is used for car repair). 2001 J. Boyd Amer. Freight Train 58/1 The first track behind the yard office was the RIP Track. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1892 |
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