| 单词 | bank engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbank engine bank engine n. now rare a second railway engine providing additional power to a train travelling up an incline; = banking engine n. at banking n.1 Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > to assist in climbing steep slopes bank engine1835 banking engine1838 pilot engine1839 banker1852 bank1866 roof garden1932 1835 Edinb. New Philos. Jrnl. 18 325 The locomotive carriages used at present on the railway are of three kinds, and are called train, luggage, and bank engines. 1890 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 25 Oct. 483/3 It has been decided to do away with the main slope hauling engine standing at the 1,700 feet level, and to replace the bank engine by a large one capable of the entire hoist of nearly 3,500 feet. 2009 Hornsby & Upper North Shore Advocate (Sydney) (Nexis) 2 July 14 For many years, bank engines were added to trains as they came up the hill. < as lemmas |
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