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单词 switchback
释义 switchback
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: switch (II) + back (adverb)
1. : a zigzag road or trail in a mountainous region
 < roads which today's tourists climb in easy switchbacksFord Times >
specifically : an arrangement of zigzag railroad tracks for surmounting the grade of a steep hill
2. or switchback railway Britain : roller coaster
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
1. : of or relating to a switchback : attained by means of switchbacks
 < switchback curves >
 < a long switchback descent — Stephen Bone >
2. : resembling a switchback (as in shape or variety of levels)
 < accident … explains his hero's switchback career — Information Please Almanac >
III. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ intransitive verb
: to ride on or move as if on a switchback : zigzag in ascending or descending
 < a trail that switchbacked through rock and pine — Dan Cushman >
switchbacker \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun -s
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