switchback — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.

   Употребление

   • attributive
   • переносное
   • often

   Примеры

   "Of course," said Harry, "there will have to be a branch track built, and a ‘switch-back’ up the hill."

   Marriage was the switchback, the giant racer, the lobster teas, the guarantee that one would never be alone.

2. A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (UK, dated), such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.

   Употребление

   • attributive
   • переносное
   • often

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   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) […]

3. A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.

   Употребление

   • attributive
   • broadly
   • переносное
   • often

4. A path or road having a series of steep ascents and descents.

   Употребление

   • британское употребление
   • attributive
   • broadly
   • переносное
   • often

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   The switchback road to Diabaig - pronounced 'Jer-vague' - passes through some of the most exhilarating scenery in Scotland. […] With a final swoop, the road plummets down into Diabaig, where cottages are dotted across the slopes of a rocky semi-circle.

5. A sharp bend in a path or road which causes a traveller to almost reverse their direction of travel, especially one of a series of such bends on an incline; a hairpin bend; also a path or road having such a series of bends.

   Употребление

   • Canada
   • употребление в США
   • attributive
   • broadly
   • переносное
   • often

   Примеры

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

Глагол

1. To take a zigzag course or path.

   Употребление

   • attributive
   • переносное
   • непереходный глагол
   • often

   Синонимы

   zigzag

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   I climbed 6,683-foot Velka Svistovka, not the highest mountain in the Tatras but arguably the one with the best view. I started from Zelene pleso chata (pleso means "lake" and chata means "hut" in Slovak), and right after turning the first corner I started switchbacking.