释义 |
footplatefoot‧plate /ˈfʊtpleɪt/ noun [countable] British English - But what Kenneth really wanted was to be where the action is, on the footplate.
- He ran the company as if he had suddenly and unexpectedly found himself on the footplate of a runaway engine.
- Kenneth Leech spent his hundredth anniversary on the footplate of a restored engine from his beloved Great Western Railway.
- Several deputy editors and the press had footplate rides.
the place on a steam train where the driver stood |