单词 | tank-engine |
释义 | > as lemmastank-engine tank-engine n. a railway engine which carries the fuel and water receptacles on its own framing and not in a separate tender. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > carrying own fuel and water tank-engine1850 tank-locomotive1877 tank1891 pannier tank1949 1850 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 3 33 The centre of the boiler..is 3½ inches lower in the tank engine. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tank engine. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 4 July 12/1 A tank-engine of absolutely novel type and colossal dimensions. < as lemmas |
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