Rail

[reɪl] or [rel]

解釋/意思:

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

(noun.) a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal).

(noun.) short for railway; 'he traveled by rail'; 'he was concerned with rail safety'.

(verb.) complain bitterly.

(verb.) fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; 'They are railing for fresh fish'.

(verb.) lay with rails; 'hundreds of miles were railed out here'.

(verb.) convey (goods etc.) by rails; 'fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium'.

(verb.) separate with a railing; 'rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace'.

(verb.) provide with rails; 'The yard was railed'.

(verb.) enclose with rails; 'rail in the old graves'.

杰西整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An outer cloak or covering; a neckerchief for women.

(v. i.) To flow forth; to roll out; to course.

(n.) A bar of timber or metal, usually horizontal or nearly so, extending from one post or support to another, as in fences, balustrades, staircases, etc.

(n.) A horizontal piece in a frame or paneling. See Illust. of Style.

(n.) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on which the wheels roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and is held in place by chairs, splices, etc.

(n.) The stout, narrow plank that forms the top of the bulwarks.

(n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed.

(v. t.) To inclose with rails or a railing.

(v. t.) To range in a line.

(v.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.

(v. i.) To use insolent and reproachful language; to utter reproaches; to scoff; -- followed by at or against, formerly by on.

(v. t.) To rail at.

(v. t.) To move or influence by railing.

亨廷顿編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Censure, scold, bluster, scoff, chide, objurgate,[See CENSURE]

达雷尔手打

解釋/意思:

v.i. to brawl: to use insolent language.—v.t. to scoff at affect by railing.—n. Rail′er one who rails: one who insults or defames by opprobrious language.—adj. Rail′ing reproachful insulting.—n. reproachful and insulting language.—adv. Rail′ingly in a railing manner: scoffingly: insultingly.—n. Raillery (rāl′ėr-i or ral′-) railing or mockery: banter: good-humoured irony.

v.i. (Spens.) to flow or pour down.

n. a robe—now only in Night-rail.

n. a genus of wading-birds with a harsh cry.—n. Rail′-bird the Carolina rail.—Golden rail a rail snipe.

n. a bar of timber or metal extending from one support to another as in fences staircases &c.: one of those steel bars used on the permanent way of a railway generally of that form known as the T-rail: a barrier: the railway as a means of travel or transport: (archit.) the horizontal part of a frame and panel: (naut.) the forecastle-rail poop-rail and top-rail are bars across the forecastle &c.—v.t. to enclose with rails: to furnish with rails.—ns. Rail′-bend′er a screw-press for straightening rails; Rail′-bor′er a hand-drill for rails; Rail′-chair an iron block by which the rails are secured to the sleepers; Rail′-clamp a wedge for clamping a rail firmly; Rail′-coup′ling a bar by which the opposite rails of a railway are connected at curves switches &c.; Rail′-guard a guard-rail before a front wheel; Rail′ing a fence of posts and rails: material for rails; Rail′-punch a machine for punching holes in the webs of rails; Rail′road Rail′way a road or way laid with iron rails on which carriages run.—v.t. Rail′road (U.S.) to push forward fast.—ns. Rail′roader one employed about a railway; Rail′road-worm the apple maggot; Rail′-saw a portable machine for sawing off metal rails; Rail′-split′ter (U.S.) one who splits logs into rails for a fence; Rail′way-car a vehicle for the transportation of passengers and goods; Rail′way-carr′iage a carriage for the conveyance of passengers; Rail′way-cross′ing an intersection of railway-lines: an intersection of an ordinary road with a railroad; Rail′way-slide a turn-table; Rail′way-stitch a loose and rapid stitch in knitting or crochet-work; Rail′way-train (see Train).—Railway company a stock company formed for the construction and working of a railway usually organised by a legislative enactment.—Elevated railway an elevated bridge-like structure used for railway purposes to avoid obstruction of surface roadways; Military railway a railway equipped for military service the locomotives being armoured and the carriages armour-plated and provided with portholes for rifles; Portable railway a light railway made in detachable sections and so suited for carrying easily from place to place.

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