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单词 rail
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rail1/rayl/ noun

a horizontal bar, usu supported by posts or attached to a wall, that serves as a barrier, e.g. across a balcony, or as a support on or from which something, e.g. a curtain, may be hung

any of a number of vertical metal or wooden posts that form a fence or; a railing

either of a pair of lengths of rolled steel forming a guide and running surface for trains or other wheeled vehicles

railways as a means of transport

always travels by rail

a horizontal structural support, e.g. in a door

(usu in pl) either of the fences on each side of a horse-racing track

an electrical conductor maintained at a constant voltage and used, e.g. on a printed circuit board, to supply a number of circuit elements with power at a fixed voltage

be/go off the rails

informal to be or become mentally unbalanced; to behave strangely

informal to be or become misguided or mistaken

[Middle English raile via early French reille from Latin regula ruler, from regere to keep straight, direct, rule]

rail2verb trans

(often + off) to enclose or separate (an area) with a rail or rails

to transport (goods) by train


rail3noun (pl rails collectively rail)

any of numerous wading birds of small or medium size with, most of which have very long toes that enable it them to run on soft wet ground: family Rallidae

[Middle English raile from early French raale, prob ultimately from Latin radere to scrape, because of the bird's harsh call]

rail4verb intrans

(often + against/at) to utter angry complaints or abuse

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of — Henry Fielding

railer noun
[Middle English railen via early French railler to mock, and Old Provençal ralhar to babble, joke, ultimately from late Latin ragere to neigh]
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