单词 | cowcatcher |
释义 | cowcatcher (once / 121849 pages) n WORD FAMILY cowcatcher: cowcatchers USAGE EXAMPLESEven with a cowcatcher on the front, the trains often stopped for a cow on the track. George Dawson, Life Is So Good(2000) A cowcatcher springs to mind as the solution to this problem, but a high tech one, not just a metal grate. Forbes(Jun 10, 2015) “In case you haven’t noticed, you waif, you are about to be hooked on the cowcatcher of that streetcar.” John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces(1980) n an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track Syn|Hyper buffer, fender, pilot framework a structure supporting or containing something |
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