train
n
1 railway engine with several carriages or trucks linked to and pulled by it 列車; 火車
a `passenger/`goods/`freight train 一列客車[貨車]
`express/`stopping trains 快[慢]車
I normally catch/take/get the 7.15 train to London. 我一般乘7點15分的火車去倫敦.
get on/off a train 上[下]火車
You have to change trains at Didcot. 你需在迪德科特倒車.
If you miss the train there's another an hour later. 你要是趕不上這趟火車, 一小時後還有一趟.
Travelling by train is more relaxing than driving. 乘火車旅行比開汽車輕松得多.
[attrib 作定語]
a `train driver 火車司機.
2 number of people or animals, etc moving in a line 魚貫而行的人、 動物等: a `camel train 駱駝隊
the `baggage train, ie people and animals transporting luggage 運輸行李的人和役畜的隊伍.
3 group of people who follow sb around; retinue 追隨某人的人群; 隨員
The pop star was followed by a train of admirers. 那位流行歌曲歌星周圍蜂擁著許多歌迷.
4 (usu sing 通常作單數) ~ (of sth) sequence of connected events, thoughts, etc 一系列相關的事情、 想法等
His telephone call interrupted my train of thought. 他的電話打斷了我的思路.
The military coup brought dire consequences in its train, ie as a result of it. 這次軍事政變後患無窮.
5 part of a longdress or robe that trails on the ground behind the wearer長的衣、 袍、 裙等拖在地上的部分.
6 (idm 習語) in train (fml 文) being prepared 準備妥當
Arrangements for the ceremony have been put in train. 典禮的各項安排都已就緒.
train v
1
(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 培養, 訓練(某人或某動物)
There is a shortage of trained nurses. 受過正規訓練的護士十分缺乏.
He was trained as an engineer/in engineering. 他受過擔任工程師的[工程學方面的]培訓.
I've trained my dog to fetch my slippers. 我把狗訓練得能給我叼拖鞋. =>Usage at teach 用法見teach.
(b) [I, Ipr, It]
~ (as sth/in sth) undergo such a process 受訓練或培養
She trained for a year as a secretary. 她受過一年做秘書的培訓.
He trained to be a lawyer. 他受過做律師的訓練.2 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (sb/sth) (for sth) (cause a person or an animal to) become physically fit by exercise and diet (使人或動物通過鍛煉及調理飲食)身體健康
The challenger has been training hard for the big fight. 這位健將為參加拳擊大賽奪魁而進行堅苦的鍛煉.
train a horse for a race 訓練馬參加比賽.
3 [Tn.pr] ~ sth on sb/sth point or aim (a gun, camera, etc) at sb/sth 將(槍、 照相機等)對準或瞄準某人[某物]
He trained his binoculars on the distant figures. 他把雙筒望遠鏡對準遠處的景物.
4 [Tn, Tn.pr]
cause (a plant) to grow in a required direction 使(植物)朝某方向生長; 整枝
train roses against/along/over/up a wall 使薔薇靠著[沿著/爬過/爬上]墻生長.
*[trein]n. 火車, 列車, 行列, 長隊, 一連串的后果, 順序vt. 訓練, 教育, 對準vi. 受訓練, 鍛煉【醫】 訓練, 鍛煉; 列車; 連串相關詞組: put things in train by train train down train fine train it train off train on train with