A rack-and-pinion railway (also rack railway, cog railway) is a railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with this rack rail.
rack: n. =arrack. railway: n. 1.〔英国〕铁路;铁路系统,铁道部门。 2.〔美国 ...rack railway coach: 齿轨铁路客车rack-and-pinion railway: 齿轨铁道toothed (rack)railway: 防滑齿轨铁道be on the rack: 受酷刑, 受折磨, 极度不安rack: n. 1.(火车等的)行李(网)架;各种搁架[枪架、帽架、笔架等],工具架;【航海】结绳架;【军事】(飞机的)炸弹架;【航海】餐具架;防止转动架;【机械工程】齿条,齿轨;饲草架,马槽。 2.(从前拉脱犯人四肢关节的)拉肢拷问台,拉肢刑架;拷问;(精神上或肉体上的)巨大痛苦。 a clothes rack 衣架。 a torpedo net rack 鱼雷防御网。 a launching rack 【火箭】发射导轨。 an underwing rack 【火箭】翼下发射导轨。 by rack of eye 依据目测估量,照估计。 come [stand up] to the [one's] rack 听天由命。 in a high rack 在高位。 live at rack and manger 过豪华[富裕]生活。 off the rack (衣服)做好了的,现成的。 on the rack 正在受拷问;忧虑,害怕 ( My ingenuity is on the rack to find a good excuse. 我正在绞尽脑汁找借口)。 put sth. on the rack 使极度紧张;使受到严格考验。 put sb. to [on] the rack 对…加以拷问。 vt. 1.对(犯人)拉肢拷问;扭伤。 2.使过分紧张,使苦痛,折磨。 3.剥削,榨取(佃户);使(地力)变瘦。 4.把…做成架子。 5.把…搁在架子[台子]上;把(马)栓在马槽上。 a cough that racks one's whole body 仿佛要扯碎全身的激烈的咳嗽。 a racking headache 要爆炸似的头痛。 be racked with pain 苦痛不堪。 rack one's brains 绞尽脑汁,费尽心机。 rack rent from sb. 勒索过高地租剥削某人。 rack up 1. 获得(胜利);得(比分)(rack up 20 points in the first half 前半场得20分。 rack up a victory 获得胜利)。 2. 彻底击败。 3. 把马拴[系]起来喂草料。 n. 〔古语〕破坏,荒废。 go to rack and ruin [manger] 走向毁灭[荒废] (=wrack)。 n. 行云团;〔废语〕行雾。 vi. (云)随风飘动。 n. (马的)轻跑,小步跑。 vi. (马)轻跑。 vt. 把(酒槽中的酒)榨出 ( off ) 将(酒)装瓶。 n. =arrack. the rack: 叛谍railway: n. 1.〔英国〕铁路;铁路系统,铁道部门。 2.〔美国〕(市内)轻轨(铁路)。 an aerial railway 高架铁道。 a broad-gauge [narrow-gauge] railway 阔轨[狭轨]铁路。 a high level [a surface, an underground, a submarine] railway 高架[地上,地下,海底]铁路。 a railway accident 铁路事故。 a railway engine 机车,火车头。 a railway man 铁路员工。 a railway novel (坐火车旅行时看的)轻松小说。 a railway porter (车站上的)搬运工;〔美国〕卧车服务员。 a railway rug 火车旅行用绒毯。 a railway station 火车站。 a railway suboffice 铁路分局〔略 R.S.O.〕。 vi. 〔英国〕坐火车旅行。 vt. 在…铺设铁路。 exhibit rack, display rack: 展览架luggage rack ; rack: 行李架rack, baggage rack: 行李架roof rack, luggage rack: 行李架railway greening, railway planting: 铁路绿化railway greening,railway planting: 铁路绿化railway system, railway network: 铁路系统railway wagon; railway carriage: 车皮abt rack: 齿轨铁路accuracy of rack: 齿条精度acrylic rack: 亚克力多层架adapter rack: 适配架additional rack: 附加炸弹架aging rack: 老炼台; 老炼条件ammunition rack: 弹药架amplifier rack: 放大器架; 放大器立柜