English Dictionary

shunter

名詞

イギリス英語 イギリス英語 歴史的

(rail transport, Britain) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher. / (rail transport, Britain) A person who carries out shunting operations.

日本語の意味

(鉄道輸送, イギリス) 運転用機関車、線路内の車両を切り替えるために使用される機関車（スイッチャー） / (鉄道輸送, イギリス) 転換作業を行う作業員

The shunter nudged the freight wagons into the siding before the morning express passed.

入換機関車は朝の急行列車が通過する前に貨車を側線へ押し込んだ。

意味（1）

(rail transport, Britain) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher.

Concurrent to this order, Good forged a link with Irish Railways, which resulted in the latter building five shunters with Brush equipment, marking the inception of dieselisation in the country.

意味（2）

(rail transport, Britain) A person who carries out shunting operations.

The shunter has a lightweight portable radio transmitter by which, as he uncouples an incoming train into cuts for marshalling, he informs the Traffic Office of the number of wagons in each cut and its siding; ….

意味（3）

(finance, UK, historical) One who shunts (carries on arbitrage between London and provincial stock exchanges).

shunters （ plural ）