English Dictionary

sidetrack

名詞

時々

(rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding.

日本語の意味

側線（そくせん）：主要な鉄道路線に隣接して敷設された、比較的短い補助線路。貨物の積み下ろしや、同一軌道上で反対方向の列車が会合・すれ違い、もしくは同一方向で追い越しができるように、両端または一方の端で主線に連結される線路。

The freight train pulled into the sidetrack to let the passenger express pass on the main line.

貨物列車は特急が本線を通過できるように側線に入った。

意味（1）

(rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for unloading freight, or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction); a railroad siding.

意味（2）

(sometimes) Any auxiliary railroad track, as differentiated from a siding, that runs adjacent to the main track.

意味（3）

(mining) A smaller tunnel or well drilled as an auxiliary off a main tunnel or well.

意味（4）

An alternate train of thought, issue, topic, or activity, that is a deviation or distraction from the topic at hand or central activity, and secondary or subordinate in importance or effectiveness.

Stay focused on the story; you keep getting lost in all of these little sidetracks.

sidetracks （ plural ）