| 释义 |
reˈrail, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To replace (railway engines, etc.) upon the rails. Also fig. So reˈrailing vbl. n.
1888Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Terms 283 Rerailing..is done with screw jacks and timber blocking, or with ramps. 1889Scribner's Mag. Sept. 346/2 They are supposed to..have made possible the rerailing of the engine. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Re-rail.., to put on the track again; to cause to take the rails again, as derailed rolling⁓stock. 1914W. de Morgan Ghost meets Ghost ii. iii. 455 ‘And where else did you go?’ said the Earl, to re-rail the conversation. 1967G. F. Fiennes I tried to run Railway ii. 6, I learned how to re-rail wagons and engines without sending for the crane. |