shunter

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A railway locomotive used for shunting (switching). UK
    — Concurrent to this order, Good forged a link with Irish Railways, which resulted in the latter building five shunters with Brush equipment, marking the inception of dieselisation in the country.
  2. A person who carries out shunting operations. UK
    — The electric locomotive is accompanied by a shunter who, in addition to his normal duties, flags the trains over the unprotected level crossings and opens the gates through which the line passes.
  3. One who shunts (carries on arbitrage between London and provincial stock exchanges). UK,historical

词形变化

shunters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cocoa shunter mutton shunter undershunter

词源

Etymology tree
English shunt
English -er
English shunter
From shunt + -er.
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