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形容詞

trailing (not comparable)

1. (rail transport, of points and crossovers) That converge in the direction of travel.
   • 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:

     On the far hillside we are approaching can be descried a bridge on the first section (Ruabon–Llangollen) of the important G.W.R. branch to Dolgelley, which will shortly join our main line by means of a trailing junction.

2. That follows behind; especially, that is attached and pulled behind.

   the trailing railcars

   the trailing comments

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   • 1961 February, “New English Electric diesels for East Africa”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 90–91:

     On the long, continuous downgrades of East Africa dynamic braking is of special value; the traction motors are used as generators and their energy output dissipated in force-ventilated banks of resistors. This facility enables a 700-ton trailing load, for example, to be brought down a 1 in 66 gradient at any selected speed between 14 and 25 m.p.h. without use of the air brakes.

   • 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:

     Having reversed at Eastbourne, I am in the trailing car, which leaps and fishtails around so much on our way to Bexhill that I have trouble writing coherent notes.

反意語

• facing
• leading

派生語

• trailing edge
• trailing spoke

関連する語

• trailer, semi-trailer, tractor-trailer

動詞

trailing

1. present participle and gerund of trail

名詞

trailing (plural trailings)

1. Fabric or other material that trails.
   • 1901, Mary E. Wilkins, The Portion of Labor:

     […] their roots, projecting in fibrous sprawls from their trunks, were their feet, and she pictured them advancing with wide trailings, and rustlings as of green draperies […]

   • 2010, Regina S. Baraban, Joseph F. Durocher, Successful Restaurant Design:

     All too often, the spout of a soap dispenser rests over the counter and leaves trailings of soap that must be wiped up frequently if a clean appearance is to be maintained.

派生語

アナグラム

• Tringali, antigirl, ringtail, trialing