| 单词 | wildcat engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswildcat engine wildcat train n. U.S. an extra train running in addition to those on the timetable (see quot. 1885); occasionally elliptical; similarly wildcat engine. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > run in addition to usual services express train1841 wildcat train1870 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > locomotive additional to schedule wildcat engine1870 1870 Daily Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, Nevada) 22 Oct. 3/1 In company with four or five others, he had gone out on the road upon a hand car, when a ‘wild cat train’ (an extra train running on no regular time) overtook them. 1885 Good Words July 452/1 Every now and then the newspapers allude to ‘wild-cat’ trains... The ‘wild-cat’ is the slowest of all trains. It is only used for freight, and reaches its destination when it can, running whenever the line is clear, and shunting when a passenger train is due on the same track. 1888 Missouri Republican 23 Feb. The Montreal night express was thrown from the track..by a wild-cat engine that had been turned loose..by an evil-disposed person. 1891 E. S. Ellis Check No. 2134 xiii. 88 There was just one chance in a hundred of a wild-cat engine approaching. < as lemmas |
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