| 释义 |
en·train
I. \ə̇n.ˈtrān, en.-\ transitive verb
Etymology: Middle French entrainer, from en- en- (I) + trainer to draw, drag — more at train
1.
a. : to draw away with or after oneself
< the tribes they had entrained with themselves on their long migrations to the West — K.H.Menges >
b. : to bring on as a result : result in
< change embodied in … inventions … entrains change in the ways of applying human effort — G.B.Hurff >
< entrained only my own ruin, my own bankruptcy — Henry Miller >
2. : to carry along or over especially mechanically (as fine drops of liquid in vapors during distillation or evaporation)
3. : to collect and transport (a substance) by the flow of a fluid moving at high velocity
< air is entrained by a stream of water in a jet pump >
4. : to incorporate (air in the form of bubbles) into concrete (as for making resistant to the action of frost or to the effects of chemicals used for the removal of ice and snow)
II. verb
Etymology: en- (I) + train (n.)
transitive verb
: to put aboard a railroad train
< took the mail to the station to be entrained >
intransitive verb
: to board a railroad train
< immediately after the game the team entrained for New York >
III. transitive verb
: to determine or modify the phase or period of
< circadian rhythms entrained by a light cycle > |