galamander

发音

UK /ˈɡæləmændə/
US /ˈɡæləˌmændəɹ/

词形变化

galamanders 复数 galamanders

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A customized horse- or ox-drawn stoneboat or wagon once used for hauling stone from quarries, with smaller front wheels and larger rear ones, and a derrick to lift blocks of stone on and off the vehicle.

    历史 商务 采矿

词源

Unknown; said to have been coined by an American blacksmith Elder Littlefield, and possibly from galley (“type of boat”) + meander (“to turn or wind in a course or passage”).

来源：wiktionary