English Dictionary

shunter

noun

(rail transport, Britain) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher. / (rail transport, Britain) A person who carries out shunting operations.

The shunter guided the train into the correct platform.

意味（1）

(rail transport, Britain) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher.

Concurrent to this order, Good forged a link with Irish Railways, which resulted in the latter building five shunters with Brush equipment, marking the inception of dieselisation in the country.

意味（2）

(rail transport, Britain) A person who carries out shunting operations.

The shunter has a lightweight portable radio transmitter by which, as he uncouples an incoming train into cuts for marshalling, he informs the Traffic Office of the number of wagons in each cut and its siding; ….

意味（3）

(finance, UK, historical) One who shunts (carries on arbitrage between London and provincial stock exchanges).