derailv.

/dɪˈreɪl/

Etymology: < modern French dérailler (in Bescherelle's Fr. Dict. 1845, admitted by the Académie in 1878) ‘to go off the rails’, < dé- (= de- prefix 2b) + rail rail n.² Introduced from French about 1850, but apparently received into general use first in U.S.

1. intransitive. To run off or leave the rails.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > [verb (intransitive)] > leave the rails

derail1850

1850 Lardner Railway Econ. 326 (note) Derailment—I have adopted this word from the French..the verb to derail or to be derailed may be used in a corresponding sense.

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Derail, to run off from the rails of a railway, as a locomotive. Lardner.

1883 A. Crane in Leisure Hour 284/2 It [the locomotive] had ‘derailed’.

1883 in Cassell [the only sense given: characterized as American].

2. transitive. To cause (a train, etc.) to leave the rails; to throw off the rails.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > [verb (transitive)] > leave the rails > cause to leave the rails

derail1850

1850 Lardner Railway Econ. 327 On the 16th September 1847, on the Manchester and Liverpool Railway, the last carriage of the express train, having two passengers in it, was derailed.

1850 Lardner Railway Econ. 327 The displacement only became great enough to derail the wheels on the arrival of the last coach at the point.

1881 Philad. Record No. 3416. 1 [They] stopped four cars forcibly, derailed them.

1881 M. Reynolds Engine-driving Life 32 Having their engines de-railed.

1892 Daily News 4 Apr. 2/4 The faster a train ran, the more likely would it be to derail any impediment on the track.

Derivatives

deˈrailed adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > [adjective] > having left the rails

derailed1881

1881 Nature 12 Jan. 246/2 A ballasted floor of sufficient strength to hold up a derailed locomotive.

1891 Times 26 Sept. 5/1 The telegraph pole having been broken down..by the derailed carriages.

deˈrailing n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > accident on railway

run-off1847

runaway train1848

derailment1850

train wreck1876

derailing1884

runaway1886

train crash1904

1884 Christian World 5 June 419/5 The cause of the derailing of the carriages.

Draft additions September 2020

In extended and figurative uses.Cf. off the rails at rail n.² Phrases 7.

a. transitive. To impede, disrupt, or thwart (an activity, proceeding, plan, etc.) by diverting it from its intended or expected course.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil

false?c1225

confoundc1315

blenk?a1400

matea1400

interrupt1464

blench1485

fruster?a1513

frustrate?a1513

infatuate1533

disappoint1545

prevent1555

foila1564

blank1566

thwart1581

confute1589

dispurpose1607

shorten1608

foola1616

vain1628

balk1635

throwa1650

scotch1654

bafflea1674

crossbar1680

transverse1770

tomahawk1773

throttle1825

wreck1855

stultify1865

derail1889

to pull the plug1923

rank1924

1889 Amer. Homœopathist 15 297 The manifest choice of the general society is liable at the last moment to be derailed by a few apropos remarks.

1976 Financial Times 12 May 6/2 The Conservatives and Christian Democrats..did their best to derail the debate by steering it onto such diverse topics as Angola..and the treatment of nuclear wastes.

2013 I. Thoft Loyalty i. 3 A decade earlier, Fina had been slated to join the family business as an attorney, but flunking out of law school derailed that plan.

b. transitive. To divert (a person) from his or her purpose; to confound or defeat (someone).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil > specifically a person

to warn (a person) his will1340

frustrate1447

disappoint1545

foila1564

balk1589

thorter1608

derail1891

1891 Japan Weekly Mail 28 Feb. 263/1 I had got on the line once more, and I told myself..that a petticoat would never derail me again.

1946 Dime Detective Mag. May 76/2 Janice's entrance derailed him briefly.

2013 T. Thorn Bedsit Disco Queen 65 I was defying..my own inhibitions, the awful, crippling shyness and reserve that threatened to derail me.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	derail
释义	derailv. /dɪˈreɪl/ Etymology: < modern French dérailler (in Bescherelle's Fr. Dict. 1845, admitted by the Académie in 1878) ‘to go off the rails’, < dé- (= de- prefix 2b) + rail rail n.² Introduced from French about 1850, but apparently received into general use first in U.S. 1. intransitive. To run off or leave the rails. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [verb (intransitive)] > leave the rails derail1850 1850 Lardner Railway Econ. 326 (note) Derailment—I have adopted this word from the French..the verb to derail or to be derailed may be used in a corresponding sense. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Derail, to run off from the rails of a railway, as a locomotive. Lardner. 1883 A. Crane in Leisure Hour 284/2 It [the locomotive] had ‘derailed’. 1883 in Cassell [the only sense given: characterized as American]. 2. transitive. To cause (a train, etc.) to leave the rails; to throw off the rails. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [verb (transitive)] > leave the rails > cause to leave the rails derail1850 1850 Lardner Railway Econ. 327 On the 16th September 1847, on the Manchester and Liverpool Railway, the last carriage of the express train, having two passengers in it, was derailed. 1850 Lardner Railway Econ. 327 The displacement only became great enough to derail the wheels on the arrival of the last coach at the point. 1881 Philad. Record No. 3416. 1 [They] stopped four cars forcibly, derailed them. 1881 M. Reynolds Engine-driving Life 32 Having their engines de-railed. 1892 Daily News 4 Apr. 2/4 The faster a train ran, the more likely would it be to derail any impediment on the track. Derivatives deˈrailed adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [adjective] > having left the rails derailed1881 1881 Nature 12 Jan. 246/2 A ballasted floor of sufficient strength to hold up a derailed locomotive. 1891 Times 26 Sept. 5/1 The telegraph pole having been broken down..by the derailed carriages. deˈrailing n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > accident on railway run-off1847 runaway train1848 derailment1850 train wreck1876 derailing1884 runaway1886 train crash1904 1884 Christian World 5 June 419/5 The cause of the derailing of the carriages. Draft additions September 2020 In extended and figurative uses.Cf. off the rails at rail n.² Phrases 7. a. transitive. To impede, disrupt, or thwart (an activity, proceeding, plan, etc.) by diverting it from its intended or expected course. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil false?c1225 confoundc1315 blenk?a1400 matea1400 interrupt1464 blench1485 fruster?a1513 frustrate?a1513 infatuate1533 disappoint1545 prevent1555 foila1564 blank1566 thwart1581 confute1589 dispurpose1607 shorten1608 foola1616 vain1628 balk1635 throwa1650 scotch1654 bafflea1674 crossbar1680 transverse1770 tomahawk1773 throttle1825 wreck1855 stultify1865 derail1889 to pull the plug1923 rank1924 1889 Amer. Homœopathist 15 297 The manifest choice of the general society is liable at the last moment to be derailed by a few apropos remarks. 1976 Financial Times 12 May 6/2 The Conservatives and Christian Democrats..did their best to derail the debate by steering it onto such diverse topics as Angola..and the treatment of nuclear wastes. 2013 I. Thoft Loyalty i. 3 A decade earlier, Fina had been slated to join the family business as an attorney, but flunking out of law school derailed that plan. b. transitive. To divert (a person) from his or her purpose; to confound or defeat (someone). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > thwart or foil > specifically a person to warn (a person) his will1340 frustrate1447 disappoint1545 foila1564 balk1589 thorter1608 derail1891 1891 Japan Weekly Mail 28 Feb. 263/1 I had got on the line once more, and I told myself..that a petticoat would never derail me again. 1946 Dime Detective Mag. May 76/2 Janice's entrance derailed him briefly. 2013 T. Thorn Bedsit Disco Queen 65 I was defying..my own inhibitions, the awful, crippling shyness and reserve that threatened to derail me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1850
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