switchbacks
- n.(陡坡路上的)急转弯，180度的转弯;(公路或铁路坡道上的)之字形路线;(公路或铁路的)不断起伏的路线
- switchback的复数
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N-COUNT (公路的)之字形坡路，不断起伏的路线;陡坡
A switchback is a road which rises and falls sharply many times, or a sharp rise and fall in a road....a dizzy bus ride over a switchback road.
乘公共汽车驶过一段颠簸起伏的公路时感到头晕目眩
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N-COUNT (有连续急转弯的)上山公路;(公路上的)急转弯
A switchback is a road which goes up a steep hill in a series of sharp bends, or a sharp bend in a road.Several hundred yards beyond the first switchback in the road, he came to the second bend.
过了公路上第一个急转弯几百码处，他又遇到了第二个急转弯。
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The roads wound through every part of the Bay Area - from the leafy lanes of Menlo Park to the switchbacks of Lombard Street .
这些路线经过了湾区的每一个部分，从门洛帕克（MenloPark）的林荫道到隆巴德街（LombardStreet）之字爬坡路线。
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Tracking the year 2012 in autos reveals an unusual number of straightaways that were transformed into hairpins and switchbacks by human folly .
回溯2012年的汽车业，我们发现，许多车企原本可以走上一马平川的康庄大道，但最后却由于人为因素，把坦途走成了“山路十八弯”。
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With a maximum height of nearly 3000 metres , getting back down again , via a nerve-inducing series of switchbacks ( the aptly named Devil 's Nose ) is a memorable white-knuckle experience .
最高海拔将近3000米，高低起伏，一系列让人捏汗的曲折回环（被合适地称作“魔鬼的鼻梁”）组成了难忘的惊险之旅。