switch engine

• تبديل أو استبدال محرك لوسيلة نقل أو آلية أو نظام، ويُستخدم غالبًا بمعناه الحرفي في الميكانيكا أو مجازًا في الحوسبة للإشارة إلى استبدال المكوّن المعالج الأساسي.

To change or replace the engine of a vehicle, machine, or system, often used literally in mechanics or figuratively in computing to refer to changing a core processing component.

1. Railroad locomotiveC1formalamerican

   A small locomotive used for moving railroad cars within a rail yard, rather than for long-distance hauling.

   قاطرة المناورة

   • The switch engine moved the freight cars to the loading dock.
   • A diesel switch engine was idling on the tracks.
   • The yardmaster directed the switch engine to assemble the train.