单词 | tracklaying |
释义 | > as lemmastrack-laying track-laying adj. (a) that lays railway track; (b) (of a vehicle) having endless tracks (sense 6e above). ΚΠ 1920 Sci. Amer. 2 Oct. 335 (caption) Typical tractors of the wheeled and track-laying species now employed for agricultural and other purposes. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Dec. 781/3 They resemble (as it says on driving licences) a ‘track-laying vehicle steered by its tracks’. track-laying track-laying n. (a) the laying of railway track; (b) in film editing, the putting together of the sound track that is to accompany a picture. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Payne Rep. Condition Railroads Tennessee 7 The track-laying is progressng from the southern end of the road. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 900/2 Track-laying machine. 1900 Engin. Mag. 19 797/2 Tracklaying by Machinery on the Canadian Pacific Ry. 1957 A. R. Manvell & J. Huntley Technique Film Music iv. 178 The four technical branches of film production, i.e., design..photography..sound..and editing (including assembly cutting, track-laying, laboratory liaison, and post-production processes). 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio xii. 206 Track-laying systems, where a whole series of tracks can be recorded individually on a single broad tape and then scanned together. < as lemmas |
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