trains

NOUN USES 名词用法

1. N-COUNT 火车;列车
   A train is a number of carriages, cars, or trucks which are all connected together and which are pulled by an engine along a railway. Trains carry people and goods from one place to another.
   1. The train pulled into a station...
      列车驶入了一个车站。
   2. We can catch the early morning train...
      我们能赶上凌晨的火车。
   3. He arrived in Shenyang by train yesterday.
      他昨天乘火车到达沈阳。
2. N-COUNT (缓慢行进中的)行列，队列
   A train of vehicles, people, or animals is a long line of them travelling slowly in the same direction.
   1. In the old days this used to be done with a baggage train of camels.
      在过去，这往往由一队驮载行李的骆驼完成。
   2. ...a long train of oil tankers.
      一长队油轮
3. N-COUNT (想法、事件等的)(一)连串，(一)系列
   A train of thought or a train of events is a connected sequence, in which each thought or event seems to occur naturally or logically as a result of the previous one.
   1. He lost his train of thought for a moment, then recovered it...
      他一时思维短路，然后又重新想了起来。
   2. Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
      贾尔斯触发了随后的一系列事件，这些事件最终将以悲剧收场。
4. 裙裾;拖裾
   The train of a woman's formal dress or wedding dress is the long part at the back of it which flows along the floor behind her.
5. PHRASE 在进行中
   If a process or event is in train or has been set in train, it is happening or starting to happen.
   1. In a moment the ceremony was in train…
      仪式马上就要开始了。
   2. He praised the economic reforms set in train by the government.
      他称赞政府启动的经济改革。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 in motion


6. PHRASE (问题、困难等)随之而来
   If something brings problems or difficulties in its train, the problems or difficulties occur as a natural or logical result of it.
   1. The cars have brought in their train a host of other problems.
      汽车随之带来其他一大堆问题。

VERB USES 动词用法

1. V-ERG (受)训练;(被)培训
   If someone trains you to do something, they teach you the skills that you need in order to do it. If you train to do something, you learn the skills that you need in order to do it.
   1. The US was ready to train its troops to participate...
      美国准备训练军队参加。
   2. Stavros was training to be a priest...
      斯塔夫罗斯正受训成为一名牧师。
   3. Psychiatrists initially train as doctors...
      精神病医生首先是作为医生接受培训的。
   4. We don't train them only in bricklaying, but also in other building techniques...
      我们不仅仅训练他们砌砖，而且教给他们其他建造技术。
   5. Companies tend to favour the lawyer who has trained with a good quality City firm...
      各公司往往偏爱那些在伦敦金融城的大律师事务所受过培训的律师。
   6. I'm a trained nurse...
      我是一名受过专业训练的护士。
   7. Our workforce is highly trained and competitive.
      我们的员工队伍训练有素，竞争意识强。
2. VERB 锻炼，培养(某一素质或能力)
   To train a natural quality or talent that someone has, for example their voice or musical ability, means to help them to develop it.
   1. I see my degree as something which will train my mind and improve my chances of getting a job...
      我把学位视为可以锻炼心智、增加就业机会的东西。
   2. Some children come to school with more finely trained perceptual skills than others.
      一些孩子在入学时比其他孩子受过更好的感知技能培养。
3. V-ERG (为体育活动)(使)进行训练(或锻炼)
   If you train for a physical activity such as a race or if someone trains you for it, you prepare for it by doing particular physical exercises.
   1. Strachan is training for the new season...
      斯特罗恩正为新的赛季进行训练。
   2. He has spent a year training crews for next month's round the world race.
      他已花了一年时间为下个月的环球比赛训练队伍。
4. VERB 训练(兽或鸟)
   If an animal or bird is trained to do particular things, it is taught to do them, for example in order to be able to work for someone or to be a good pet.
   1. Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down.
      可以训练嗅探犬追捕他们。
   2. ...a man who trained hundreds of dogs...
      训练过数百只狗的人
   3. She had brought her trained sheepdog to help in the rescue.
      她带来了经过训练的牧羊犬帮助营救。
5. VERB 把…对准(或瞄准)
   If you train something such as a gun, a camera, or a light on a person or thing, you aim it at them and keep it towards them.
   1. She trained her binoculars on the horizon...
      她将双筒望远镜对准地平线。
   2. Police cameras had been specifically trained on that area.
      警方摄像头已特别对准那一区域。
6. VERB (经整枝)使(植物)朝特定方向生长
   If you train a tree, bush, or plant in a particular direction, you tie it and cut it so that it grows in that direction.
   1. Instead of training the shoots up the fence, lay them flat in both directions alongside it...
      不要让嫩枝爬上篱笆，要令其沿着篱笆伏地向两边长。
   2. You could even put a trellis on your walls and train plants to grow up it.
      你甚至可以在墙上搭置棚架，让植物攀缘其上。
7. See also: training

1. Some trains carry bicycles, but accommodation is restricted so a reservation is essential.
   有些火车可以运载自行车，但因空间有限需要提前预订。
2. It is probably easier to make an analogy between the courses of the planets, and two trains travelling in the same direction.
   将行星的运行比作两列火车朝同一方向行驶可能更容易些。
3. Modern trains have automatic doors.
   现代火车装有自动门。
4. Many trains have been cancelled and a limited service is operating on other lines
   多趟列车被取消，其他线路上运行的班次也很有限。
5. At Glasgow I changed trains for Greenock
   我在格拉斯哥改乘去格里诺克的火车。
6. Two trains collided head-on in north-eastern Germany early this morning
   今天早上德国东北部两列火车迎面相撞。
7. Many new trains have space for wheelchair users
   许多新型列车为坐轮椅者留有空间。
8. Bordeaux is on the main Paris-Madrid line so there are frequent trains
   波尔多位于巴黎到马德里的铁路主干线上，来往列车频繁。
9. 'There are trains straight from Cambridge.' — 'I know, but it's no quicker.'
   “有直接从剑桥开出的列车。”——“我知道，但也不快。”
10. Trains are reliable, cheap and best for long-distance journeys.
    火车安全可靠、费用低廉，最适宜长途旅行。
11. He's mad on trains.
    他非常喜欢火车。
12. British Rail are going to place an order for a hundred and eighty-eight trains.
    英国铁路公司将订购188列火车。
13. Buses and trains use much less fuel per person than cars.
    公共汽车和火车的人均燃料耗费量比轿车小得多。
14. People with rail season tickets will get refunds if trains are persistently late.
    如果火车一再晚点，持铁路季票的人会得到退款。
15. In Victorian times people were phobic about getting on trains. They weren't used to it.
    在维多利亚时代，人们对坐火车怕得要命。他们对此还不习惯。
16. Trains will operate from Waterloo with a pick-up stop at Ashford.
    火车从滑铁卢站出发，途中会在阿什福德站停靠上人。
17. Two rapid transit trains collided early this morning in Boston.
    今晨早些时候，两辆高速火车在波士顿相撞。
18. Double-stack trains are taking a lot of freight that used to be routed via trucks
    以往由卡车运送的很多货物现在都改用双层列车运送了。
19. The current level of service will be maintained except that the evening 'Network Express' trains will be withdrawn.
    除了“铁网特快”夜班列车将会停开外，目前的运营线路会保持下去。
20. Trains will speed through the Channel Tunnel at 186mph
    火车将以每小时186英里的速度快速穿过海峡隧道。
21. Trains start at 11.00 and an hourly service will operate until 16.00
    火车11点开始发出，每小时一班，一直运营到16点。
22. On both days, three very different trains will be timetabled
    这两天都将安排发出3列时刻不同的火车。
23. These new trains are out of this world.
    这些新火车太棒了。
24. Trains are thundering in and out all the time at a subway station.
    地铁车站上列车进进出出，整天轰隆轰隆地响个不停。
25. We try to make the trains run on time, but we can't contend against the weather.
    我们试图使火车准点运行，可是我们斗不了老天爷啊。
26. Northbound and eastbound trains connect at new york.
    北上和东行的列车在纽约衔接。
27. When it's foggy the trains are late as often as not.
    雾大时，火车往往晚点。
28. When the first trains ran, a man would walk ahead carrying a red flag.
    最早的火车开动时，一个人手擎红旗走在前面。
29. We transport logs by trains.
    我们用火车运送圆木。