English Dictionary

recant

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹəˈkænt/

動詞

To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve.

日本語の意味

（鉄道の線路などで）新たな傾斜（カント）を与える、あるいは傾斜角度を変えること

The maintenance crew decided to recant the rails on the tight bend to increase safety at high speeds.

整備班は高速運転時の安全性を高めるため、急カーブの線路のカント（傾斜）を付け直すことにした。

意味（1）

To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve.

Numerous curves, which previously had given no trouble at 75 and 80 m.p.h., were realigned and recanted to adapt them for 90 m.p.h. and more, ….

recants （ present singular third-person ）

recanting （ participle present ）

recanted （ participle past ）

recanted （ past ）