| 单词 | station |
| 释义 | station —stational, adj. /stay"sheuhn/, n. 1. a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located. 2. a stopping place for trains or other land conveyances, for the transfer of freight or passengers. 3. the building or buildings at such a stopping place. 4. the district or municipal headquarters of certain public services: police station; fire station; postal station. 5. a place equipped for some particular kind of work, service, research, or the like: gasoline station; geophysical station. 6. the position, as of persons or things, in a scale of estimation, rank, or dignity; standing: the responsibility of persons of high station. 7. a position, office, rank, calling, or the like. 8. Radio and Television. a. a studio or building from which broadcasts originate. b. a person or organization originating and broadcasting messages or programs. c. a specific frequency or band of frequencies assigned to a regular or special broadcaster: Tune to the Civil Defense station. d. the complete equipment used in transmitting and receiving broadcasts. 9. Mil. a. a military place of duty. b. a semipermanent army post. 10. Navy. a place or region to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty. 11. (formerly in India) the area in which the British officials of a district or the officers of a garrison resided. 12. Biol. a particular area or type of region where a given animal or plant is found. 13. Australian. a ranch with its buildings, land, etc., esp. for raising sheep. 14. Survey. a. Also called instrument station, set-up. a point where an observation is taken. b. a precisely located reference point. c. a length of 100 ft. (30 m) along a survey line. 15. a section or area assigned to a waiter, soldier, etc.; post: The waiter says this isn't his station. 16. See stations of the cross. 17. Archaic. the fact or condition of standing still. v.t. 18. to assign a station to; place or post in a station or position. [1350-1400; < L station- (s. of statio) a standing still, standing-place, equiv. to stat(us) (ptp. of stare to STAND) + -ion- -ION; r. ME stacioun < AF < L, as above] Syn. 1. situation, location. 3. depot, terminal. 7. metier, occupation, trade, business, employment. 15. See appointment. 18. position, locate, establish, set, fix. |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含168451条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。