switchman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who operates railway switches that route trains onto rail tracks.
    — This route is repeated automatically on the control panel of the appropriate box as flashing indications covering the track circuits involved and the switchman obeys the instruction by setting up the required route.
  2. A person whose job is to help in the switching of railcars in a railway yard.

词形变化

switchmen plural

词汇关系

相关词
switch engine switcher

词源

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