| 单词 | pony engine |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspony engine pony engine n. U.S. (a) a small locomotive for shunting (now rare); (b) an auxiliary engine or power generator. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > used for shunting pony engine1864 pug1872 switching-engine or -locomotive1875 switcher1882 switch-engine1896 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Pony-engine, a locomotive used for switching cars from one track to another. 1864 N.Y. Times 21 Sept. 4/6 When out five miles the watercock of the Island Queen's pony engine was broken off, opening a hole in her side, and she was cast off and left to sink. 1877 ‘E. W. Martin’ Hist. Great Riots 344 All was quiet..only an occasional pony engine being allowed to move along the track. 1959 V. W. Brooks Howells xxiii. 274 [The story] was about a Pony engine that played round the Fitchburg station..and that slept in the car-house among the big locomotives. 1998 Fleet Owner (Nexis) Sept. Auxiliary power generators, or ‘pony engines’, have been around for some time. < as lemmas |
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