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单词 trainspotters
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train1 /trān/

transitive verb
  1. To instruct and discipline, esp in a particular skill
  2. To cause (a plant, etc) to grow in the desired manner
  3. To prepare for a specific purpose (esp a competition) by instruction, practice, diet, exercise or otherwise
  4. To bring up
  5. To direct, aim (as a gun or telescope)
  6. To draw along (archaic)
  7. To allure (obsolete)
  8. To draw on (obsolete)
intransitive verb (Spenser trayne)
  1. To undergo instruction, esp in a particular skill
  2. To prepare oneself by instruction, exercise, diet or otherwise
  3. To be under drill
  4. To travel by rail
  5. To trail, drag (rare)
noun
  1. A string of railway carriages or wagons with a locomotive or other means of propulsion
  2. That which is dragged along or follows behind
  3. A tail
  4. Tail feathers or trailing back-feathers
  5. The part of a dress that trails
  6. A retinue
  7. A series
  8. A sequence
  9. A number of things, animals, etc in a string or succession
  10. A process
  11. A line of combustible material to fire an explosive charge
  12. A set of wheels acting on each other, for transmitting motion
  13. Artillery and other equipment for a siege or battle
  14. A lure
  15. A thing dragged on the ground to make a scent
  16. A sledge (Can)
ORIGIN: Mainly OFr traïner, trahiner (Fr traîner) to drag (nouns traïn, traïne); partly with overlap of meanings, from OFr traïne guile

trainabilˈity noun

trainˈable adjective

trained adjective

  1. Having received training
  2. Discerning, experienced
  3. (of a plant, tree, etc) made to grow in a specified manner or place
  4. Having a train

traineeˈ noun

A person who is under training

traineeˈship noun

  1. The period of being a trainee
  2. The position of or maintenance provided for a trainee

trainˈer noun

  1. A person who prepares athletes for competion, horses for a race, or the like
  2. Any machine or device used in training, esp an aeroplane with duplicated controls for training pilots
  3. (usu in pl) a soft running shoe, usu laced, with a thick sole, used in training or for general casual wear (also training shoe)

trainˈing noun

  1. The process of instructing in a skill, etc
  2. Practical education in any profession, art or handicraft
  3. A course of diet and exercise for developing physical strength, endurance or dexterity

trainˈless adjective

trainˈband noun (historical)

A band of citizens from the 16c to 18c trained to bear arms

trainˈ-bearer noun

A person who holds up the train of a robe or gown

trainer pants or (US) training pants plural noun

Thick cotton briefs with extra padding, used to help toilet-train young children

train ferry noun

A ferry that conveys railway trains

Training Agency noun

An organization established in 1989 to train and retrain adult workers and operate the Youth Training Scheme

training college noun

Former name for a college of education

training ship noun

A ship in which young people are trained for the sea

training shoe see trainer above.

training wheels plural noun (N American)

A supplementary set of wheels attached to a child's bicycle, stabilizers

train mile noun

A unit of railway traffic, a run of one mile by one train

trainˈspotter noun

  1. A person who collects locomotive or carriage numbers as a hobby
  2. A person who takes a detailed or obsessive interest in a (usu trivial) subject (informal)

trainˈspotting noun

in train

In progress

in training

  1. Undergoing training
  2. Physically fit

out of training

No longer physically fit

train down

To reduce one's body weight through diet and exercise in order to be fit for a particular sporting event

train fine

To bring body or mind to a high pitch of efficiency

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