English Dictionary

wheel flat

名詞

(rail transport) A flat spot on a railway wheel caused when a wheel, or both wheels on the same axle, in a moving train stop rotating.

日本語の意味

鉄道車両が走行中に、車輪または同一軸上の両車輪が回転を停止することにより生じる、鉄道車輪の平坦な部分（フラットスポット）。

The maintenance crew stopped the service after discovering a wheel flat on one of the passenger cars.

整備班は客車の車輪の平らな摩耗部分を発見して運行を停止した。

意味（1）

(rail transport) A flat spot on a railway wheel caused when a wheel, or both wheels on the same axle, in a moving train stop rotating.

Severe wheel flats caused by locking brakes led to the derailment of DB Cargo UK's 2152 Robeston-Theale oil train near Llangennech, in South Wales, on August 26.

wheel flats （ plural ）