switchbacks
n. 在Z形路轨向原来的方向返驶,改变角度( switchback的名词复数 )
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
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。
The Grand Challenge race would be 142 miles of perilous mountain switchbacks and rough, sandy trails.
大挑战赛车会有228公里危险的蜿蜒山路,以及崎岖不平又多沙的路面.