英语词汇“rail”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

railrail1 /reɪl/ ●○○ noun

ETYMOLOGYrail¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French reille bar, from Latin regula ruler, from regere to keep straight

COLLOCATIONS► by rail

Visitors can enter the city by rail or by boat.

1[countable] a bar that is attached along the side or on top of something such as stairs or a balcony: Hold on to the rail as you walk up the stairs. → see also railing2[countable usually plural] one of the two long metal tracks attached to the ground that trains move along: The train came off the rails.3[uncountable] travel by train: Visitors can enter the city by rail or by boat. rail travel rail service4go/run off the rails if a system, plan, process, etc. goes off the rails, it stops working the way it is supposed to: The peace process is in danger of going off the rails.5(as) thin/skinny as a rail extremely thin

noun | verb

railrail2 ●○○ verb [intransitive] literary

ETYMOLOGYrail²

Origin: 1400-1500 French railler to make fun of, from Late Latin ragere to make the sound of a horse

VERB TABLE

rail

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	rail
	he, she, it	rails
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	railed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have railed
	he, she, it	has railed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had railed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will rail
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have railed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am railing
	he, she, it	is railing
	you, we, they	are railing
Past	I, he, she, it	was railing
	you, we, they	were railing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been railing
	he, she, it	has been railing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been railing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be railing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been railing

to complain angrily about something, especially something that you think is very bad or unfair: rail against/at During his sermon, the priest railed against greed.