English Dictionary

tank engine

名詞

A steam locomotive that carries its fuel and water containers on the locomotive frames, as opposed to in a separate tender.

日本語の意味

燃料と水を別の客車（給油車・給水車）に積まず、機関車自体のフレームに搭載している蒸気機関車

On the branch line, the little tank engine chugged through the rain, its brass fittings gleaming.

支線で、その小さな車体に燃料と水を搭載した蒸気機関車は雨の中を勢いよく走り抜け、真鍮の金具がきらめいていた。

意味（1）

A steam locomotive that carries its fuel and water containers on the locomotive frames, as opposed to in a separate tender.

Train journeys were not long in terms of distance, and having regard to these factors, the tank engine inevitably preponderated. … Among tank engines, the 0-6-2 wheel arrangement was by far the most numerous, there being nearly 450 of this arrangement, which offers the advantage of good power and adhesive weight, coupled with adequate tank and bunker capacity, within a limited compass.

tank engines （ plural ）