A person employed in laying and maintaining railway track.
铁路铺轨工人；铁道护路员
Example sentencesExamples
They push carts, assist trackmen and timbermen, shovel dirt and handle material, and do other necessary unskilled work about the mines.
Millions of pounds have been paid to deaf train drivers, workshop staff and trackmen.
Kerala railway workers went on strike and protested outside Kozhikode railway station to demand improved safety and the provision of basic amenities for night-duty trackmen.
In the darkness at around 6am, the trackmen were using petrol-powered generators to light the site.
At the time I thought he was joking, but I was soon to learn that many of the company's trackmen seldom do even three hours work a day.
In Canada the trackmen, i.e. those who maintained the track, were called sectionmen because a gang of three men and their foreman were responsible for a definite section of track.
Rhymes
trackmen
Definition of trackman in US English:
trackman
noun
A person employed in laying and maintaining railway track.
铁路铺轨工人；铁道护路员
Example sentencesExamples
At the time I thought he was joking, but I was soon to learn that many of the company's trackmen seldom do even three hours work a day.
In Canada the trackmen, i.e. those who maintained the track, were called sectionmen because a gang of three men and their foreman were responsible for a definite section of track.
In the darkness at around 6am, the trackmen were using petrol-powered generators to light the site.
Millions of pounds have been paid to deaf train drivers, workshop staff and trackmen.
Kerala railway workers went on strike and protested outside Kozhikode railway station to demand improved safety and the provision of basic amenities for night-duty trackmen.
They push carts, assist trackmen and timbermen, shovel dirt and handle material, and do other necessary unskilled work about the mines.