| 单词 | locomotive engineer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslocomotive engineer locomotive engineer n. (a) North American a train driver. (b) an engineer who builds and maintains locomotives; (in plural also) an engineering company that builds locomotives. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > train-staff > engine-driver engine driver1809 engineer1816 engineman1835 locomotive engineer1840 runner1848 locomotive driver1852 locomotive runner1860 locoman1894 hogger1904 hoghead1905 1840 U.S. Commerc. & Statist. Reg. May 332/1 (table) For services of locomotive engineers and firemen, [$]3089 55. 1843 Merchants' Mag. Nov. 480 Daniel Mathews, chief locomotive-engineer, receives a salary of $1,200 per annum. 1852 S. Norris (title) Norris's hand-book for locomotive engineers and machinists: comprising the proportions and calculations for constructing locomotives, manner of setting valves, tables of squares, cubes, areas, &c. &c. 1889 G. Findlay Working & Managem. Eng. Railway p. v I must not omit to acknowledge my obligations to the Chief Locomotive Engineer. 1937 Life 29 Nov. 73/3 (caption) Iran's lion is plated on this fine new locomotive for the Iran railroad built by the Swedish locomotive engineers Nydquist and Holm. 1976 J. Lukasiewicz Railway Game 79 The ATC provides the locomotive engineer with audible and visual information on track conditions. 2009 R. A. McDavid & S. Echaore-McDavid Career Opportunities in Transportation 120/1 Today, Locomotive Engineers run mostly diesel-electric locomotives. < as lemmas |
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