brakeman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes, couplings etc. US
  2. A person employed to work the steam engine or other machinery that raises the coal from the mine. historical
  3. A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.

词形变化

brakemen plural

词汇关系

近义词
brakesman
相关词
brakewoman

词源

Etymology tree
English brake
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English brakeman
From brake + -man.
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