English Dictionary

switchback

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈswɪt͡ʃbæk/

名詞

イギリス英語 古風

A zigzag path, road or railway track; especially a railway track in which the train travels in a reverse direction at each switch / A hairpin bend. / (dated, UK) A roller coaster.

日本語の意味

ジグザグ状の道、道路、または鉄道の線路。特に、列車が各折返し地点で逆行する鉄道線路に用いられる。 / ヘアピンカーブ。 / （時代遅れの英国用語で）ローラーコースター。

The hiker paused at the switchback to catch his breath and admire the valley below.

ハイカーは息を整え、谷を見下ろすためにそのつづら折りの山道で立ち止まった。

意味（1）

A zigzag path, road or railway track; especially a railway track in which the train travels in a reverse direction at each switch

Already, we enter some airport bathrooms through a brief switchback of walls, so that we don’t ever grasp a door handle.

意味（2）

A hairpin bend.

意味（3）

(dated, UK) A roller coaster.

意味（4）

(UK) A route with alternate sharp ascents and descents.

The WR faction claims that the Westbury route is better adapted to high speed, to which advocates of the SR route are apt to retort that the effect of modern diesel traction on schedules over the Salisbury-Exeter switchback has yet to be measured (the speed potential between Waterloo and Salisbury is scarcely disputable) ….

switchbacks （ plural ）