train
n
1 railway engine with several carriages or trucks linked to and pulled by it 列车; 火车
a `passenger/`goods/`freight train 一列客车[货车]
`express/`stopping trains 快[慢]车
I normally catch/take/get the 7.15 train to London. 我一般乘7点15分的火车去伦敦.
get on/off a train 上[下]火车
You have to change trains at Didcot. 你需在迪德科特倒车.
If you miss the train there's another an hour later. 你要是赶不上这趟火车, 一小时後还有一趟.
Travelling by train is more relaxing than driving. 乘火车旅行比开汽车轻松得多.
[attrib 作定语]
a `train driver 火车司机.
2 number of people or animals, etc moving in a line 鱼贯而行的人、 动物等: a `camel train 骆驼队
the `baggage train, ie people and animals transporting luggage 运输行李的人和役畜的队伍.
3 group of people who follow sb around; retinue 追随某人的人群; 随员
The pop star was followed by a train of admirers. 那位流行歌曲歌星周围蜂拥著许多歌迷.
4 (usu sing 通常作单数) ~ (of sth) sequence of connected events, thoughts, etc 一系列相关的事情、 想法等
His telephone call interrupted my train of thought. 他的电话打断了我的思路.
The military coup brought dire consequences in its train, ie as a result of it. 这次军事政变後患无穷.
5 part of a longdress or robe that trails on the ground behind the wearer长的衣、 袍、 裙等拖在地上的部分.
6 (idm 习语) in train (fml 文) being prepared 准备妥当
Arrangements for the ceremony have been put in train. 典礼的各项安排都已就绪.
train v
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(a) [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.n/a, Cn.t]
~ sb (as sth/in sth) bring (a person or an animal) to adesired standard of efficiency, behaviour, etc by instructionand practice 培养, 训练(某人或某动物)
There is a shortage of trained nurses. 受过正规训练的护士十分缺乏.
He was trained as an engineer/in engineering. 他受过担任工程师的[工程学方面的]培训.
I've trained my dog to fetch my slippers. 我把狗训练得能给我叼拖鞋. =>Usage at teach 用法见teach.
(b) [I, Ipr, It]
~ (as sth/in sth) undergo such a process 受训练或培养
She trained for a year as a secretary. 她受过一年做秘书的培训.
He trained to be a lawyer. 他受过做律师的训练.2 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (sb/sth) (for sth) (cause a person or an animal to) become physically fit by exercise and diet (使人或动物通过锻炼及调理饮食)身体健康
The challenger has been training hard for the big fight. 这位健将为参加拳击大赛夺魁而进行坚苦的锻炼.
train a horse for a race 训练马参加比赛.
3 [Tn.pr] ~ sth on sb/sth point or aim (a gun, camera, etc) at sb/sth 将(枪、 照相机等)对准或瞄准某人[某物]
He trained his binoculars on the distant figures. 他把双筒望远镜对准远处的景物.
4 [Tn, Tn.pr]
cause (a plant) to grow in a required direction 使(植物)朝某方向生长; 整枝
train roses against/along/over/up a wall 使蔷薇靠著[沿著/爬过/爬上]墙生长.
*[trein]n. 火车, 列车, 行列, 长队, 一连串的后果, 顺序vt. 训练, 教育, 对准vi. 受训练, 锻炼【医】 训练, 锻炼; 列车; 连串相关词组: put things in train by train train down train fine train it train off train on train with
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.