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单词 cowcatcher
释义
cowcatcher
noun[C]
US
uk
/ˈkaʊˌkætʃ.ər/us
/ˈkaʊˌkætʃ.ɚ/
astrongmetalframeattachedto thefrontof atrainthatpushesobjectsoff thetrackas thetrainmovesforward
（火车机车前的）排障器
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(Definition ofcowcatcherfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • As many wounded as possible were piled on to the engine, standing in the cab, lying on the tender, or clinging to the cowcatcher.
  • Freight-trains passed southward, blue with men in the cars, and on top of the cars, and in the caboose, and on the cowcatcher, always going south and never north.
  • I could only place stones on the line, but these were swept away by the cowcatcher, and so the train passed in safety.
  • The engine itself had most of the cowcatcher torn off and the headlight smashed.
  • Then I approached a station where the fireman always went out to the cowcatcher, opened the oil-cup on the steam-chest, and poured oil in.

Examplesofcowcatcher

cowcatcher
A steel pipe or boiler tube pilot replaced the original wooden type ofcowcatcher.
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A deflective shield affixed to the front of a locomotive to protect its wheels from on-track debris; archaically called acowcatcher. 2.
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In some countries it is also calledcowcatcheror cattle catcher.
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Thecowcatcheris an angled assembly designed to deflect animals and debris off of the railroad track in front of the locomotive.
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The locomotive also received many new upgrades such as a new boiler,cowcatcher, domes, and smokestack.
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He has acowcatcher, and side plates covering his wheels.
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Others are fitted with grilledcowcatcher.
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Sometime during the early 20th century the locomotive was converted from coal burning to oil burning and its woodencowcatcherpilot was replaced with a steel pipe pilot.
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Macdonald traveled with his wife, and to get a better view, the two would sometimes sit in front of the locomotive on the train'scowcatcher.
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