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单词 railing
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
rail•ing /ˈreɪlɪŋ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Buildinga fencelike barrier alongside a stairway, walkway, etc., made of horizontal rails supported by widely spaced upright pieces.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
rail•ing  (rāling),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Buildinga fencelike barrier composed of one or more horizontal rails supported by widely spaced uprights;
    balustrade.
  2. Buildingbanister.
  3. Buildingrails collectively.
  • rail1 + -ing1 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
railing /ˈreɪlɪŋ/ n
  1. (often plural) a fence, balustrade, or barrier that consists of rails supported by posts
  2. rails collectively or material for making rails
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
rail1 /reɪl/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Building[countable] a bar, as of wood or metal, attached and used for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
  2. Rail Transport[countable] one of a pair of long, parallel and continuous steel bars on which the wheels of trains run.
  3. Rail Transport the railroad as a means of transportation:[uncountable]to travel by rail.

rail2 /reɪl/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to say or make bitter complaints or protests about: [no object; (~ + at + object)]He railed at his unfortunate fate.[+ that clause]He railed that nobody liked him.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
rail1  (rāl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Buildinga bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
  2. Buildinga fence;
    railing.
  3. Sportone of two fences marking the inside and outside boundaries of a racetrack.
  4. Rail Transportone of a pair of steel bars that provide the running surfaces for the wheels of locomotives and railroad cars. See illus. under flange. 
  5. Rail Transportthe railroad as a means of transportation:to travel by rail.
  6. rails, stocks or bonds of railroad companies.
  7. Naval Terms[Naut.]a horizontal member capping a bulwark.
  8. Building, Building[Carpentry, Furniture.]any of various horizontal members framing panels or the like, as in a system of paneling, paneled door, window sash, or chest of drawers. Cf. stile 2.
  9. Slang Termsa line of cocaine crystals or powder for inhaling through the nose.

v.t. 
  1. to furnish or enclose with a rail or rails.
  • Latin rēgula bar, straight piece of wood, regula
  • Old French raille bar, beam
  • Middle English raile 1250–1300
railless, adj. 
raillike′, adj. 

rail2  (rāl),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation (often fol. by at or against):to rail at fate.

v.t. 
  1. to bring, force, etc., by railing.
  • Vulgar Latin *ragulāre, derivative of Late Latin ragere to bray
  • Provencal ralhar to chatter
  • Middle French railler to deride
  • late Middle English railen 1425–75
railer, n. 
railing•ly, adv. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fulminate, inveigh, castigate, rant, revile.

rail3  (rāl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsany of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
  • Vulgar Latin *rāsiculāre frequentative of Latin rādere (past participle rāsus) to scratch
  • Old French raale (cognate with Provencal rascla), noun, nominal derivative of raler
  • late Middle English rale 1400–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rail /reɪl/ n
  1. a horizontal bar of wood, metal, etc, supported by vertical posts, functioning as a fence, barrier, handrail, etc
  2. a horizontal bar fixed to a wall on which to hang things: a picture rail
  3. a horizontal framing member in a door or piece of panelling
    Compare stile2
  4. short for railing
  5. one of a pair of parallel bars laid on a prepared track, roadway, etc, that serve as a guide and running surface for the wheels of a railway train, tramcar, etc
  6. short for railway
  7. (as modifier): rail transport
  8. a trim for finishing the top of a bulwark
  9. off the railsinto or in a state of dysfunction or disorder
  10. eccentric or mad
vb (transitive)
  1. to provide with a rail or railings
  2. usually followed by in or off: to fence (an area) with rails
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French raille rod, from Latin rēgula ruler, straight piece of wood
rail /reɪl/ vb
  1. (intr; followed by at or against) to complain bitterly or vehemently
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French railler to mock, from Old Provençal ralhar to chatter, joke, from Late Latin ragere to yell, neigh

ˈrailer n
rail /reɪl/ n
  1. any of various small wading birds of the genus Rallus and related genera: family Rallidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, etc). They have short wings, long legs, and dark plumage
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French raale, perhaps from Latin rādere to scrape
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