| 单词 | crawler tractor |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrawler tractor 6. In full crawler tractor. A kind of tractor moving on an endless chain; also elliptical. So crawler track. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicles with other means of motion > [noun] > tracked vehicle caterpillar tractor1908 crawler tractor1922 swamp buggy1941 weasel1944 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicles with other means of motion > [noun] > tracked vehicle > track of track1884 crawler track1954 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 739/1 The crawler type..can pass over marshy land where the wheeled tractor would be mired. 1926 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. III. 796/1 The crawler tractor had one or two continuous-chain tracks on which it ran and which it carried with it. 1936 Forestry 10 88 The modern track-laying or ‘Crawler’ tractor with its great flexibility and speed is replacing horse-dragging. 1954 Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 45 Crawler track, a device, consisting of an endless chain of plates which bear upon the ground, used in place of wheels on vehicles or equipment intended for traversing soft or natural ground. 1955 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren 6 There were now four big diesel tractors on the place, one of them a crawler. 1959 Times Rev. Industry June 75/1 Largest single shipment of..crawler tractors since production began. 1962 Flight Internat. 82 209/1 The use of a 2,500 ton crawler vehicle to carry each Saturn..from assembly building to launch pad. 1962 Flight Internat. 82 209/1 All other launch equipment..will be transported to the pad by the crawler. 1968 New Scientist 26 Dec. 714/1 The problem of operating mounted ploughs appeared to be insuperable—one reason for the diminishing popularity of the crawler. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。