stack talk

名词 n.
/ˈstæk tɔːk/    /ˈstæk ˌtɔk/|/-ˌtɑk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sound made by the exhaust of a steam locomotive. US,slang,uncountable
    — […] Father [Clement C.] Kubesh began making long dashes after trains to insure the correct pitch of sound or the proper placing of his car for the approach of a locomotive. He soon had recorded the "stack talk" of every type of locomotive on the Great Northern, Chicago and North Western, Northern Pacific and Union Pacific.

词源

From stack (noun) + talk (noun). Stack is a clipping of smokestack (“conduit atop a structure (such as a steam locomotive) allowing smoke to flow out”).
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