[N-COUNT 可数名词]横杆;栏杆;扶手 A rail is a horizontal bar attached to posts or fixed round the edge of something as a fence or support.
[oft supp N]
They had to walk across an emergency footbridge, holding onto a rope that served as a rail...
他们必须握着一条绳索充当扶手穿过一条紧急人行天桥。
She gripped the hand rail in the lift.
她紧紧抓着电梯里的扶手。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](挂物用的)横杆,横档 A rail is a horizontal bar that you hang things on.
...frocks hanging from a rail...
挂在横杆上的连衣裙
This pair of curtains will fit a rail up to 7ft 6in wide.
这副窗帘需要用7.5英尺宽的横杆挂起。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]铁轨Rails are the steel bars which trains run on.
[usu pl]
The train left the rails but somehow forced its way back onto the line.
火车脱轨了,但总算设法回到了原来的轨道上。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]乘火车(旅行);用火车(运送) If you travel or send something by rail, you travel or send it on a train.
[oft N n]
The president traveled by rail to his home town.
总统坐火车回到了他的家乡。
...the electric rail link between Manchester and Sheffield.
曼彻斯特和谢菲尔德之间的电气化铁路线
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[VERB 动词](大声)责骂,呵斥 If you rail against something, you criticize it loudly and angrily.
[V against/at n]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
He railed against hypocrisy and greed...
他痛斥伪善和贪婪的行为。
I'd cursed him and railed at him.
我曾诅咒并且大声责骂过他。
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See also:
railing
;
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[PHRASE 短语]复苏;重振 If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
[JOURNALISM 新闻]
They are keen to get the negotiating process back on the rails...
他们热切希望使谈判重新步入正轨。
Her career is back on the rails.
她的事业得以重振。
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[PHRASE 短语](行为)越轨,不规矩 If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
[V inflects]
They've got to do something about these children because clearly they've gone off the rails.
他们必须得管管这些孩子了,因为他们实在太不像话了。
Oxford
rail★/reɪl; NAmEreɪl/
noun
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verb
railrailsrailedrailingnoun★ _trains_comp.jpg _freighttrain.jpg 1★[countable ]a wooden or metal bar placed around sth as a barrier or to provide support 栏杆;扶手;围栏◆She leaned on the ship's rail and gazed out to sea.她靠着船上的护栏,凝望大海。☞see also
guard rail
,
handrail
2★[countable ]a bar fixed to the wall for hanging things on (固定在墙上用以挂物品的)横杆◆a picture/curtain/towel rail挂图画╱窗帘╱毛巾用的横杆3★[countable , usually plural ]each of the two metal bars that form the track that trains run on 铁轨;轨道4★[uncountable ]( often before another noun 常用于另一名词前) railways/railroads as a means of transport 铁路;铁道◆to travel by rail乘火车◆rail travel/services/fares铁路旅行╱服务╱车费◆a rail link/network铁路连接;铁路网IDIOMSget back on the ˈrails( informal) to become successful again after a period of failure, or to begin functioning normally again 恢复常轨;东山再起go off the ˈrails( informal) 1to start behaving in a strange or unacceptable manner, for example, drinking a lot or taking drugs 举止怪异;行为出轨2to lose control and stop functioning correctly 失去控制;无法正常运行◆The company has gone badly off the rails in recent years.这家公司最近几年已经陷于严重瘫痪。☞more at
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v.verb[intransitive , transitive ]rail(at/against sth/sb) |+ speech( formal) to complain about sth/sb in a very angry way 怒斥;责骂;抱怨SYN
rage
◆She railed against the injustice of it all.她大骂此事太不公正。PHRASAL VERBˌrail sth ˈin/ˈoffto separate an area or object from others by placing rails around it 用围栏围住;用围栏隔开rail/reɪl; NAmEreɪl/
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rail1 noun
rail2 verb
railrail1 /reɪl/ ●●●S2W2 noun
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1[uncountable] the railway system → train: the American rail system a high-speed rail network Passengers want a better rail service. the Channel Tunnel and its rail links with Londonby rail We continued our journey by rail. I need to buy a rail ticket. cheap rail fares2[countable] one of the two long metal tracks fastened to the ground that trains move along3[countable] a bar that is fastened along or around something, especially to stop you from going somewhere or from falling: Several passengers were leaning against the ship’s rail. →
guardrail
, handrail
4[countable] a bar that you use to hang things on: a towel rail a curtain rail5go off the rails informal to start behaving in a strange or socially unacceptable way: At 17 he suddenly went off the rails and started stealing.6back on the rails happening or functioning normally again: The coach was credited with putting the team back on the rails.COLLOCATIONSrail + NOUNthe rail network/system (=the system of railway lines in a country)· The government has spent £2 billion on improving the country's rail network.a rail service· People want a safe, reliable rail service.a rail ticket· a first-class rail ticketa rail fare· Rail fares are to increase by up to 9.4%.rail travel· They had introduced measures to make rail travel safer.a rail passenger· Rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year.a rail crash· Police have named four more victims of the Selby rail crash.a rail link (=that makes train travel between two places possible)· He proposed building a high-speed rail link between the two airports.
rail1 noun
rail2 verb
railrail2 verb
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1[transitive] to enclose or separate an area with rails → cordon offrail something off/in The police railed off the area where the accident happened.2[intransitive, transitive] formal to complain angrily about something, especially something that you think is very unfairrail against/at Consumers rail against the way companies fix prices.
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