tank engine

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A steam locomotive that carries its fuel and water containers on the locomotive frames rather than in a separate tender.
    — Train journeys were not long in terms of distance, and having regard to these factors, the tank engine inevitably preponderated. [...] Among tank engines, the 0-6-2 wheel arrangement was by far the most numerous, there being nearly 450 of this arrangement, which offers the advantage of good power and adhesive weight, coupled with adequate tank and bunker capacity, within a limited compass.

词形变化

tank engines plural
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