rail

[reil]

n.栏杆, 扶手, 铁轨
v.抱怨, 责骂, 以横木围栏, 铺铁轨

n.

1. 栏杆, 扶手; 围栏[C]

He kept his hand on the rail as he climbed the steps.

他攀上台阶时, 手不离扶栏。

2. (门等的)横木[C]

3. 铁轨[C]

Hundreds of people were injured when the train went off the rails.

火车出轨时, 数百人受伤。

4. 铁路[U]

He came back by rail.

他是乘火车回来的。

5. 铁路股票; 铁道网[P]

vt.

1. 给……围栏杆; 用栏杆围[(+in/out)]

The dangerous trail was railed to protect tourists.

这条危险的小道围了栏杆, 以保护游客。

2. 用栏杆隔开[(+off)]

They're railed off the yard.

他们把院子用栏杆围起来了。

The pond was railed off to stop children falling into it.

池塘用栅栏围起隔开, 以防止小孩落水。

3. 给……铺设轨道

vi.

乘火车旅行

词形变化

名词: railer | 动词过去式: railed | 动词过去分词: railed | 动词现在分词: railing | 动词第三人称单数: rails |

词义辨析

同义:

n.横杆, 铁路

horizontal bar  log rail  railway track

n.栏杆

railing  fence  

英英释义

名词 rail:

a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

同义词：railing

short for railway

a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

同义词：track, rails

a horizontal bar (usually of wood)

any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

动词 rail:

complain bitterly

同义词：inveigh

enclose with rails

同义词：rail in

provide with rails

separate with a railing

同义词：rail off

convey (goods etc.) by rails

travel by rail or train

同义词：train

lay with rails

fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

spread negative information about

同义词：vilify, revile, vituperate

criticize severely

同义词：fulminate

短语词组

off the rails

1. 精神失常

David thought he was going off the rails when he saw the scene.

看到那情景, 戴维觉得自己快疯掉了。

补充

railrail英:[reil] 美:[rel]vt.1.将…围起来, 隔开The cliff edge is dangerous and should be railed.崖边危险, 应该用栏杆围起来。vi.1.责备; 辱骂; 抱怨

例句

1. They walked across the footbridge, holding onto the rail.他们扶着栏杆, 走过了人行桥。 2. They had to walk across an emergency footbridge, holding onto a rope that served as a rail.他们不得不抓着一根充当扶手的绳子走过应急人行桥。 3. Don't lean over the rail!不要靠在围栏上！ 4. This pair of curtains will fit a rail up to 7ft 6in wide.这副窗帘要安装在7英尺长6英寸宽的横杆上。 5. The crash was caused by a broken rail.撞车事故是一条断裂的铁轨引起的。 6. The train left the rails.火车脱轨了。 7. Her career is back on the rails.她的事业又重回正轨。 8. They've got to do something about these children because clearly they've gone off the rails.那几个孩子已然太不像话, 他们真得管管了。 9. Opposite its gates were the small, railed gardens.每扇大门对面都有一片装了围栏的小花园。 10. The third floor was railed off for the privacy of the players.考虑到选手们的隐私, 大楼三层用围栏隔开了。 11. He railed against hypocrisy and greed.他痛斥伪善和贪婪的行为。 12. I'd cursed him and railed at him.我把他骂了一通, 还狠狠地斥责了他。 13. the electric rail link between Manchester and Sheffield连接曼彻斯特和谢菲尔德的电气化铁路线 14. The police railed the spot where the accident happened.警察将事故发生的地点用栏杆围起来。 15. The children's playground should be railed.儿童游乐场应当围以栏杆。 16. She is always railing against her own lot.她总抱怨自己的命运不好。 17. His mother railed at him for his haughtiness.他的母亲由于他的骄傲自大而责备他。 18. the goods train left the rails.货车出了轨。 19. rail fares.火车票。 20. travelling by rail.乘火车旅行。 21. the altar is railed off from the nave.圣坛与中殿之间由栏杆隔开。 22. perishables were trucked and railed into Manhattan.易腐食品由汽车和火车运进曼哈顿。 23. he is determined to get the club back on the rails.他决心使俱乐部回到正常轨道上来。 24. he railed at human fickleness.他怒叱人性之无常。 25. a towel/curtain/picture rail挂毛巾╱窗帘╱图画的横杆 26. rail travel/services/fares乘火车旅行；列车服务；火车票价 27. She leaned over the rail of the ship.她倚靠着船的栏杆。 28. We sat on the fence rail and watched the cows.我们坐在栅栏上看着牛群。 29. He hung the curtains on the rail.他把窗帘挂到横杆上。 30. The train went off the rails. = (chiefly Brit) The train jumped the rails.火车出轨了。 31. transportation by rail铁路运输 32. commuter rail [=part of a railroad made especially for people who work in a city but live outside it]通勤铁路 33. rail travel铁路旅行 34. passenger rail service [=trains that take passengers rather than cargo] between the two cities两个城市之间的铁路客运服务 35. He was a promising student but he went off the rails after he started taking drugs.他曾是个大有前途的学生，但开始吸毒之后就堕落了。 36. The government has gone (completely) off the rails.政府已经（完全）陷入瘫痪。 37. They've railed off [=(more commonly) fenced off] the garden.他们已经给花园围了栅栏。 38. a railed balcony/platform有栏杆的阳台/站台 39. old men railing at/against the government抱怨政府的老人们 40. The workers railed about the unfair treatment they'd received.工人们对受到的不公正待遇愤愤不平。