| 单词 | rail |
| 释义 | rail rail1 —railless, adj. —raillike, adj. /rayl/, n. 1. a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing. 2. a fence; railing. 3. one of two fences marking the inside and outside boundaries of a racetrack. 4. one of a pair of steel bars that provide the running surfaces for the wheels of locomotives and railroad cars. See illus. under flange. 5. the railroad as a means of transportation: to travel by rail. 6. rails, stocks or bonds of railroad companies. 7. Naut. a horizontal member capping a bulwark. 8. 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. stile2. 9. Slang. a line of cocaine crystals or powder for inhaling through the nose. v.t. 10. to furnish or enclose with a rail or rails. [1250-1300; ME raile < OF raille bar, beam < L regula bar, straight piece of wood, REGULA] rail2 —railer, n. —railingly, adv. /rayl/, v.i. 1. to utter bitter complaint or vehement denunciation (often fol. by at or against): to rail at fate. v.t. 2. to bring, force, etc., by railing. [1425-75; late ME railen < MF railler to deride < Pr ralhar to chatter < VL *ragulare, deriv. of LL ragere to bray] Syn. 1. fulminate, inveigh, castigate, rant, revile. rail3 /rayl/, n. any 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. [1400-50; late ME rale < OF raale (c. Pr rascla), n. deriv. of raler < VL *rasiculare freq. of L radere (ptp. rasus) to scratch] |
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