(a) a small locomotive for shunting (now rare); (b) an auxiliary engine or power generator.
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| 释义 | society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > used for shunting (5) pony engine1864 (a) a small locomotive for shunting (now rare); (b) an auxiliary engine or power generator. pug1872 More fully pug-engine. A small locomotive used chiefly for shunting; a contractor's engine. switching-engine or -locomotive1875 attributive and in other combinations: spec. (a) used in switching hedges, etc., as switching-bill, switching-knife; (b) used in or for shunting… switcher1882 One who or that which switches, in any sense: spec. A switching-engine. switch-engine1896 = switch-engine n. (switching-engine or -locomotive at switching, n. compounds (b)). |
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