switchman

基本解释

A switchman sat in a small shack on one side of the river where he operated the controls to turn the bridge and lock it into place as the train crossed.
管理员坐的地方是在桥一边的小屋，他的责任是在火车未到河边之前把桥放下，并且将它锁定。
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"No one is ever satisfied where he is, " said the switchman.
“人们是从来也不会满意自己所在的地方的。” 扳道工说。
"I sort out travelers, in bundles of a thousand, " said the switchman. "I send off the trains that carry them; now to the right, now to the left.
扳道工说，“我打发这些运载旅客的列车，一会儿发往右方，一会儿发往左方。”
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They would be higher people, although he himself—their grandfather—was a nobody, just a switchman on a section of double track in a forest.
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The switchman lifted his head from the rail, blew his nose, brushed the dirt off his clothes, and adopted a serious, dignified expression.
NEWYORKER: Among Animals and Plants
The switchman tried to explain to his wife that a wicked woman was still a woman—and therefore not so very different from a wife.
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a person who operates railway points (Also called (in Britain and certain other countries) pointsman)