| 单词 | locomotive engineering |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslocomotive engineering locomotive engineering n. (a) the branch of engineering concerned with the construction and modification of locomotives; (b) North American the occupation or practice of a train driver. ΚΠ 1842 Surveyor, Engineer, & Architect Feb. 2/2 No title..can ever equal the fame and the imperishable renown which railway and locomotive engineering are conferring upon his name. 1871 Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Jrnl. Jan. 11/1 There is some business more dangerous and hazardous than others... Among such professions, I class locomotive engineering. 1907 J. F. Gairns Locomotive Compounding & Superheating xv. 164 Superheating for locomotives is quite a recent development of locomotive engineering. 1999 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 18 Aug. s7 The centre will offer training in locomotive engineering and conducting. 2006 D. R. Meyer Networked Machinists v. 147 As leaders in locomotive engineering, British builders captured about one-quarter of the American market through the 1830s. < as lemmas |
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