Meaning of emergency brake | Babel Free
Definitions
- A brake which can be used by passengers in a vehicle to stop in event of an emergency.
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A parking brake. dated
Equivalents
Examples
“At 0725, the driver operated the emergency brakes to no immediate effect. [...] As the train passed through Platform 11 at around 30mph, the train manager realised there was a problem and applied the emergency brake, bringing the train to a stand [...].”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.