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00:55 Oct 30, 2020
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Additional field(s): Livestock / Animal Husbandry, Transport / Transportation / Shipping, Journalism
English term or phrase: cowcatcher
Definition from Merriam-Webster:
An inclined frame on the front of a railroad locomotive for throwing obstacles off the track.

Example sentence(s):
  • The results show that with the cowcatcher the passenger deceleration would decrease and the kinetic energy can be absorbed more quickly when the head car crashes a rigid wall Research Gate
  • Lead author Dr. Sankar Mitra elaborated to Science Daily, “Basically the replication train is coming and the cowcatcher is in front to see if any damage is present. If it finds such damage, the train moves backward, you repair it, and the train starts moving forward again.” Yale Scientific
  • The absence of a 'cowcatcher' at the front of the train also made the accident more likely. Transport Network
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5kofångare
Sven Petersson


  

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kofångare


Definition from own experience or research:
"Kofångare" är en ålderdomlig beteckning för stötfångaren på ett fordon.

Example sentence(s):
  • Varför heter det kofångare? Jag beställde hem en ny kogångare till bilen. Det fick mig på att fundera varför det faktiskt heter kofångare? Det heter såklart inte kofångare utan det korrekta namnet är stötfångare. Att vi säger kofångare har att göra med en direktöversättning från engelskan. I början och mitten av 1800-talet, innan bilens tid, hade tågen sin storhetstid. De tuffade omkring i vilda västern på stäppen där det fanns gott om buffel, kossor och annan boskap. Charles Babbage satte något som liknande en plog framtil på tåget och det kom att kallas för cow-cather. Detta levde sedan vidare och vi kallar det än idag för kofångare. Detta trots att det inte hade något med bilindustrin att göra. Inte ens på engelska säger de cow-cather idag om stötfångaren. - ensakitagettaget  
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 04:27
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
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