| 单词 | engine tender | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasengine tender   engine tender  n. 		 (a) a person employed to supervise the running of a steam engine (now historical);		 (b) = tender n.1 4. ΚΠ a1819    J. Watt in  J. Robison Syst. Mech. Philos. 		(1822)	 II. 156  				These instruments are of great use..in shewing the superintendent the state of the engine; but slovenly engine-tenders are but too apt to put them out of order. 1829    Hull Packet & Humber Mercury 13 Oct.  				It..[drew] after it three times its own weight, including the engine tender, fuel, and water. 1918    T. Dreiser Free & Other Stories 		(1923)	 189  				He slipped in between the engine tender and the front baggage car. 2007    Daily Tel. 		(Nexis)	 1 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) 10  				He worked his way from a shed man to engine tender. < as lemmas | 
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