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rail¹ /reɪl/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr.
I n.
1. 横条，横杆，横档；栏杆，扶手；[the rails] (赛场的)围栏
a towel rail 挂毛巾横档
put a rail round the podium 为指挥台装饰围栏
whole piles and rails of jeans 成堆叠架的斜纹布裤
wooden (metal) rails 木(金属)栏杆
lean over the rails 倚在栏杆上
One of the horses was forced to the rails. 一匹赛马被逼到近围栏处。
2. (家具、门、窗等的)横档，冒头
a chair rail 椅子横档
3. 【船】舷墙上缘盖木；舷栏
4. 铁轨，钢轨；轨道，铁路
leave the rails (火车)出轨
rail travel 火车旅行
the disruption of rail communications 铁路交通的中断
5. [rails] 铁路股票
Rails are up two points today. 今日铁路股票上涨2点。
6. 〈俚〉铁路职工
7. 〈美军俚〉“一条杠”(指陆军、空军或海军陆战队中尉)
8. 〈俚〉冲浪板边缘
9. 〈美俚〉(供嗅服的)一细条致幻毒品
II ❶ vt.
1. 给…装横档
2. 用栏杆围
The police had orders to rail the square. 警察接到把广场用栏杆围起的命令。
3. 铺铁轨于，给…铺设轨道
4. 由铁路运送
❷ vi.
乘火车旅行
[< OFr reille < L rēgula straight rod, ruler] phr. by rail 由铁路，用火车 send sth. by rail由铁路发运某物 send sth. By rail 1. 出轨 2. 〈口〉出毛病；紊乱；古怪；神经错乱 Can you show me where I have gone off the rails? 我哪儿弄错了，你能给我指出来吗? He has gone off the rails recently. 他近来神经不正常。on the rails 1. 在轨道上 2. 〈口〉顺利，顺遂，正常 The best-run campaign stays on the rails. 控制得法的竞选运动总会进展顺利。rail in (out) 用栅栏围进 (出)They railed the area (the sheep) in. 他们把该区(羊群)用栅栏圈进。rail off 用栅栏隔开 So many people had fallen into the pond that it had to be railed off. 已有这么多人掉进过这水塘，所以只好把它用栅栏围起隔开。ride (或 run) on a rail 把…用杆子抬着哄逐出群体 (一种羞辱性惩罚方式，受罚者身上常被涂上柏油粘以羽毛)He was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail. 他给涂上柏油，粘上羽毛，抬在杆上赶出城去。The people of this town found a rail and run him out on it. 本城的人找来一根木杆，把他抬起哄了出去。ride the rails (尤指逃票)乘火车 sit on the rail 采取中立态度 |