English Dictionary

horseshoe curve

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈhɔːs.ʃuː kɜːv/

名詞

A curve in the shape of a horseshoe, often on a railway, where hairpin bends cannot be used.

日本語の意味

馬蹄形に湾曲する軌道（特に鉄道用）で、急激なヘアピンカーブが使えない場合に用いられる曲線設計。

The freight train crept slowly along the horseshoe curve as it climbed the steep mountainside.

貨物列車は急な山腹を登るため、馬蹄形のカーブをゆっくりと進んだ。

意味（1）

A curve in the shape of a horseshoe, often on a railway, where hairpin bends cannot be used.

It only remains to notice briefly the branch from Whitland to Cardigan, which for a few miles pursues its tortuous and picturesque course along the valley of the Taf, thence rising by very severe gradients to Crymmych Arms, near to which station is a striking horse-shoe curve.

horseshoe curves （ plural ）