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单词 cowcatcher
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cowcatchernoun [ C ]

uk/ˈkaʊˌkætʃ.ər/us/ˈkaʊˌkætʃ.ɚ/US

a strong metal frame attached to the front of a train that pushes objects off the track as the train moves forward

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Railways: trains & parts of trains

  • air brake
  • baggage car
  • bogie
  • boiler
  • bullet train
  • choo-choo
  • coach
  • commuter train
  • couchette
  • diesel
  • emergency cord
  • freight car
  • intercity
  • maglev train
  • rolling stock
  • shunt
  • shuttle
  • sleeping car
  • truck
  • wagon-lit

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Examples from literature

  • As many wounded as possible were piled on to the engine, standing in the cab, lying on the tender, or clinging to the cowcatcher. 
  • Freight-trains passed southward, blue with men in the cars, and on top of the cars, and in the caboose, and on the cowcatcher, always going south and never north. 
  • I could only place stones on the line, but these were swept away by the cowcatcher, and so the train passed in safety. 
  • The engine itself had most of the cowcatcher torn off and the headlight smashed. 
  • Then I approached a station where the fireman always went out to the cowcatcher, opened the oil-cup on the steam-chest, and poured oil in. 
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