sleeper

Noun

Britain

Japanese Meaning

(鉄道) 枕木：鉄道線路で使用される、レールを支持する木製またはコンクリート製の部材。 / (建築・大工) 床の構造用横材：床を構成する際、下の梁や上の床板に対して直交する方向に配置される構造部材。

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The maintenance crew replaced a rotten sleeper to keep the rails properly aligned.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

保守班は線路を正しく保つために腐った枕木を交換した。

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Sense（1）

(rail transport, Britain) A railroad tie.

The train, minus the three abandoned trucks, again proceeded at a slow pace, with a pump trolley doing pilot ahead ; this was very necessary as a great many sleepers were found to have been burnt underneath the fishplates.

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Sense（2）

(carpentry) A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.

Sense（3）

(nautical) A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.

Sense（4）

(nautical) The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.

sleepers

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