单词 | pointsman |
释义 | pointsman (once / 187609 pages) n WORD FAMILY pointsman: pointsmen USAGE EXAMPLESOn this occasion a number of railway guards and pointsmen had been asked; and never shall I forget the sermon he preached to them. Mapleson, James H., The Mapleson Memoirs, vol II—1848-1...(2011) A pointsman will be expected to notice all signals and to obey them. Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir, Mr. Punch's Railway Book(2011) Such a withered old face was the face of the pointsman at No. 11 point! Kipling, Rudyard, From Sea to Sea—Letters of Travel(2010) n a policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic Hyper traffic cop a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic |
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