单词 | hoppercar |
释义 | hoppercar in British English (ˈhɒpəˌkɑː) noun another name for hopper (sense 5) hopper in British English (ˈhɒpə) noun 1. a person or thing that hops 2. a funnel-shaped chamber or reservoir from which solid materials can be discharged under gravity into a receptacle below, esp for feeding fuel to a furnace, loading a railway truck with grain, etc 3. a machine used for picking hops 4. any of various long-legged hopping insects, esp the grasshopper, leaf hopper, and immature locust 5. Also called: hoppercar an open-topped railway truck for bulk transport of loose minerals, etc, unloaded through doors on the underside 6. South Africa another name for cocopan 7. computing a device formerly used for holding punched cards and feeding them to a card punch or card reader |
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