Chapter 1 Introduction to Railway
Locomotive 机车 freight wagon货车
pasnger coach 客车multiple units动车组
metro car 地铁车辆
light rail轻轨
railway rvice cars 铁路服务车 Rail铁轨
standard gauge标准轨距narrow gauge, broad gauge窄轨,宽轨
Trackbed 道床
Sleeper,枕木
Crosstie 枕木 Ballast, subballast,道砟,底部道砟
fastener紧固件
Turnout道岔
Derail(derailment)脱轨Crossing 平交道口
colliery: 煤矿
quarry:采石场
flanged steel wheels:有凸缘钢轮
copper ore:铜矿
speak of: 谈到,提及
backbone:骨干
bulk freight:散装货物
mass commutation traffic: 大规模通勤运输
short haul: 短途运输
Merchandi traffic:货物运输
Depreciation:(反-appreciation),减值,折旧,贬值
Settling:沉降,沉积
bulk freight:散装货物
Subgrade: 地基,路基
Soil stratum: 地层
Embankment:堤坝
Trim off:修剪
Organic topsoil: 有机表层土
Civil engineering: 土木工程
Earthwork: 土方,土方工程
Gravity wall:重力墙
Drainage: 排水系统,排水装置
Real estate:房地产,不动产
Crane:起重机
Tamper:捣固机
Trolley:台车,手推车,电车
Headway:进展,向目标前进
Chapter 2 The Train
Coach, carriage,客车Monorail单轨 Refrigerator wagon冷藏车
High-speed railways高速铁路 Maglev磁悬浮Open-topped wagon敞顶车
Cog railway嵌齿铁路Rubber-tired underground橡胶轮地铁 Siding旁轨,支线
Freight train货运列车Pasnger train旅客列车Heavy freight重载货运
Sleeping car卧铺车Dining car餐车 Run-around track调车线
Inter-city train城际列车Local train管内列车,慢车Elctric traction电力牵引
Stopper慢车Double-decked pasnger train双层旅客列车 Motor car (trailer car)动力车(拖车)
Container集装箱车Tanker罐车 Driving cab司机室
TOFC平板拖车 Box wagon棚车 Coupler车钩
Maintenance of way 道路维护 Long-distance train长途列车 Channel Tunnel海峡隧道
parcel: package 包裹
Travelling post offices:移动邮局
Centrifugal force:离心力
pram:婴儿车
Wheelchair:轮椅
Conurbation:有卫星城市的大都市
elevated structure :高架结构
Accelerate (decelerate): 加速(减速)
Tram, trolley, streetcar:有轨电车
Flexibility:机动,灵活
Low loder:低架拖车
Sneak into:偷偷地摸进
Stow away:偷乘,搭白车
Fatality:disaster
Kit:工具包,装备
earn one‘s keep:值得雇用, 挣饭吃
Show up:揭露,露出
Dead end terminal:闭塞终端
Buffer stop:止冲器
Crossover:转辙轨
Locomotive escape:机车折返
Pha out:逐步淘汰,逐步停止
Intensive rvice:
auxiliary equipment:辅助设备, 备用设备, 附属设备
Heavy maintenance:大修
Whilst:时时,同时,while
Push-pull:推挽
Interval rvice:
Keep at forefront of:保持在……最前沿
train loading:列车运载量
Train capacity:列车运载能力
Density of pasngers:乘客密度
Load factor:上座率
Patronage:保护,光顾,赞助
High degree of standardisation:高度标准化
Headstock, end sill, pilot:end beam
Bellmouth:钟形口,喇叭口
Line up:整队,排列
Semipermanent coupler:半永久车钩
Be bolted together:螺栓连接
Cushioning:减震,缓冲
Uncoupling:解钩,拆开(反,coupling)
Buckeye, Knuckle and Janney coupler: 詹式车钩
Coupler knuckle (jaw):钩舌
Coupler head:钩头
Hinge pin:折页销
Fully automatic coupler:全自动车钩
Dingage:脱离
pneumatical:风力的,空气的
Keep in good working order:保持正常运转状态
Drawgear:牵引装置
Bolt:螺栓
Pedal:踏板
Funicular: 索道
Coupler alignment bar:车钩调直杆
Pushbutton:按钮
Shock absorber:减震器
Multicore cable:多芯电缆
Chapter 7 Railway Cars(1)
Baggage行列车 Coach客车 Combine合造车
Dome圆顶车 Lounge游乐车 Dinner餐车
Obrvation瞭望车Sleeper, sleeping car, Pullman卧铺车RPO铁路邮政车
Housing car封闭车Autorack, auto carrier汽车运输车Boxcar, or van棚车
Refrigerator car, reefer冷藏车 Stock car牲畜车Open top car敞车
Gondola敞车 Hopper漏斗车 Ballast car砟车
Flat car平车Depresd-center flat car凹底平车 Piggyback car背负式车
Schnabel car钳夹车Tank car罐车 Caboo守车
Snow plow除雪犁Dynamometer car动力检测(试验)车
Encompasss: 包围,环绕,构成,包括
Listed in alphabetic order: 按字母顺序排列
lining:衬里,衬套,内层,lined with
Contamination:污染,玷污
Corrosive action:腐蚀作用
Stainless steel:不锈钢
Glass enamel:玻璃釉彩,搪瓷
Pocket for stake: 柱插口
Tie-down point:栓柱
Manual brake equipment: 手制动
Air brake equipment: 空气制动
primary underframe: 主车架,主底架
Cumbersome : 笨重的
Intermodal shipping: 联合运输
Tonnage:吨位
log:木材,原木
Lumber:木材
Slope down:向下斜