单词 | switch engine |
释义 | switch engine (once / 117023 pages) n WORD FAMILY switch engine: switch engines USAGE EXAMPLESDozens of signs next to the busiest main roads into London instruct drivers to switch engines off when stationary to reduce emissions. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) He heard a switch engine in the Southern Pacific yards discharging steam in shrill dry spurts. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) Atlanta-based rail service and switch engine manufacturer has sold some of its locomotives overseas for the first time. Washington Times(Jun 07, 2016) n a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard Syn|Hyper donkey engine engine, locomotive, locomotive engine, railway locomotive a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
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