| 释义 |
detrainment|dɪˈtreɪnmənt|
[f. detrain v.2 + -ment.]
The action of discharging (persons, esp. troops) from a train, or of alighting from a train.
1899Westm. Gaz. 9 Dec. 6/1 Three trains of mounted troops have been detrained at Arundel,..being covered in their detrainment by the New Zealand Mounted Infantry. 1916E. W. Hamilton First 7 Div. 142 On October 11th the detrainment of the 2nd A.C. was completed. 1923W. S. Churchill World Crisis, 1911–1914 I. xvi. 363 His detrainments at St. Omer, etc., were not completed till the 19th. 1928Observer 18 Mar. 13/1 All detrainments of the assault divisions were made well back on a wide front. 1963Times 24 May p. vii/4 London Transport has done everything it can to..explain why these detrainments are occasionally necessary. |