switchback

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

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

2. isim 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.
3. isim A flight path consisting of a series of steep ascents and descents, generally flown as a stunt.
4. isim A path or road having a series of steep ascents and descents.

   “The switchback road to Diabaig - pronounced 'Jer-vague' - passes through some of the most exhilarating scenery in Scotland. […] With a final swoop, the road plummets down into Diabaig, where cottages are dotted across the slopes of a rocky semi-circle.”

5. isim 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.

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

6. fiil To take a zigzag course or path.

   “I climbed 6,683-foot Velka Svistovka, not the highest mountain in the Tatras but arguably the one with the best view. I started from Zelene pleso chata (pleso means "lake" and chata means "hut" in Slovak), and right after turning the first corner I started switchbacking.”