| 单词 | banking engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbanking engine banking engine n. a second railway engine temporarily added to a train, typically at the rear, to provide additional power for ascending an incline; = bank engine n. at bank n.1 Compounds 2, banker n.3 5. 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 1838Banking engine [see sense 5]. 1908 Model Engineer & Electr. 11 June 570 Where banking engines are employed for assisting trains on inclines. 2001 P. J. G. Ransom Snow, Flood & Tempest iii. 50 A banking engine was returning downhill from Dava in a blizzard. < as lemmas |
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