气闸 (qì zhá) — air brake; pneumatic brake

Definition

Examples

• 火车上的气闸坏了，司机马上停车检查。
  Huǒ chē shàng de qì zhá huài le, sī jī mǎ shàng tíng chē jiǎn chá.
  The air brake on the train malfunctioned, so the driver stopped immediately to check.
• 重型卡车使用的气闸比传统刹车更安全。
  Zhòng xíng kǎ chē shǐ yòng de qì zhá bǐ chuán tǒng shā chē gèng ān quán.
  The pneumatic brake used on heavy trucks is safer than traditional brakes.
• 工程师正在测试新的气闸系统。
  Gōng chéng shī zhèng zài cè shì xīn de qì zhá xì tǒng.
  The engineer is testing the new air brake system.