switchback

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1. đường ray hình chữ chi trên dốc đứng

   A railway track on a steep slope in a zigzag formation, in which a train travels in a reverse direction at each switch.

   attributive · figuratively · often

   "Of course," said Harry, "there will have to be a branch track built, and a ‘switch-back’ up the hill."

   Marriage was the switchback, the giant racer, the lobster teas, the guarantee that one would never be alone.

2. đường ray có lên xuống dốc, tàu chuyển động nhờ trọng lực; (Anh, cũ) tàu lượn siêu tốc

   A railway track on which there are steep ascents and descents, a train moving partially or fully by the force of gravity using the momentum generated when descending to travel up an ascending part of the track; especially (UK, dated), such a track built for fun rides at an amusement park; a type of rollercoaster.

   attributive · figuratively · often

3. đường bay gồm chuỗi lên xuống dốc đứng (thường là màn biểu diễn)

   A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.

   attributive · broadly · figuratively · often

4. đường đi hoặc đường bộ có chuỗi lên xuống dốc đứng

   A path or road having a series of steep ascents and descents.

   uk · attributive · broadly · figuratively · often

5. khúc cua gấp (kiểu kẹp tóc) trên đường dốc; đường có nhiều khúc cua như vậy

   A sharp bend in a path or road which causes a traveller to almost reverse their direction of travel, especially one of a series of such bends on an incline; a hairpin bend; also a path or road having such a series of bends.

   canada · us · attributive · broadly · figuratively · often

   Already, we enter some airport bathrooms through a brief switchback of walls, so that we don’t ever grasp a door handle.

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