| 单词 | station |
| 释义 | Word Frequency station(ˈsteɪʃən) noun 1. the place or position at which a thing or person stands or is supposed to stand 2. a. a place along a route or line at which a bus, train, etc, stops for fuel or to pick up or let off passengers or goods, esp one with ancillary buildings and services railway station b. (as modifier) a station buffet 3. a. the headquarters or local offices of an official organization such as the police or fire services b. (as modifier) a station sergeant police station, fire station 4. a building, depot, etc, with special equipment for some particular purpose power station petrol station television station 5. military a place of duty an action station 6. navy a. a location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty b. an assigned location for a member of a ship's crew 7. a radio or television channel 8. a position or standing, as in a particular society or organization 9. the type of one's occupation; calling 10. (in British India) a place where the British district officials or garrison officers resided 11. biology the type of habitat occupied by a particular animal or plant 12. Australian and New Zealand a large sheep or cattle farm 13. surveying a point at which a reading is made or which is used as a point of reference 14. (often capital) Roman Catholic Church a. one of the Stations of the Cross b. any of the churches (station churches) in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions and ceremonies on particular days (station days) 15. (plural) (in rural Ireland) mass, preceded by confessions, held annually in a parishioner's dwelling and attended by other parishioners verb 16. (transitive) to place in or assign to a station Word origin C14: via Old French from Latin statiō a standing still, from stāre to stand |
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