derailmentn.

Brit.

/dᵻˈreɪlmənt/,

/(ˌ)diːˈreɪlm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/dəˈreɪlmənt/,

/diˈreɪlmənt/

Etymology: < modern French déraillement (cited by Bescherelle 1845, from F. Tourneaux 1841), < dérailler : see derail v. Introduced from French c1850: at first chiefly used in U.S.

Said of a railway train, etc.: The fact of leaving or being thrown off the rails.

ΘΚΠ

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

run-off1847

runaway train1848

derailment1850

train wreck1876

derailing1884

runaway1886

train crash1904

1850 Lardner Railway Econ. 326 In most cases of derailment*, it is the engine which escapes from the rails. [Foot-note*, I have adopted this word from the French: it expresses an effect..for which we have not yet had any term in our railway nomenclature. By déraillement is meant the escape of the wheels of the engine or carriage from the rails.]

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Derailment, the state of being off the rails of a railway, as a locomotive. Lardner.

1880 Times 20 Jan. (Swiss Railways) The number of accidents..was 177, of which 55 are classed as derailments, 55 as collisions.

1880 St. James's Gaz. 17 Aug. 12 I do not now refer to the influence of speed in producing a derailment.

Draft additions September 2020

figurative. The action or an act of impeding, disrupting, or thwarting an activity, proceeding, plan, etc., by diverting it from its intended or expected course; the derailing of someone or something (cf. derail v. Additions).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > thwarting or being thwarted

confoundinga1450

frustrationa1575

prevention1582

frustrating1640

baffling1689

thwarting1825

discomfiting1826

bafflement1841

derailment1896

snookering1935

1896 Sheffield Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 4/4 The terrible catastrophe which followed the derailment of the Armenian question.

1970 Economist 27 June 48/3 The monetary authorities were now able to capitalise on the financial derailment of Penn Central.

2019 Courier-Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 45 Despite several short-term career derailments, Ritchie has always managed to power on.

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

单词	derailment
释义	derailmentn. Brit. /dᵻˈreɪlmənt/, /(ˌ)diːˈreɪlm(ə)nt/, U.S. /dəˈreɪlmənt/, /diˈreɪlmənt/ Etymology: < modern French déraillement (cited by Bescherelle 1845, from F. Tourneaux 1841), < dérailler : see derail v. Introduced from French c1850: at first chiefly used in U.S. Said of a railway train, etc.: The fact of leaving or being thrown off the rails. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > accident on railway run-off1847 runaway train1848 derailment1850 train wreck1876 derailing1884 runaway1886 train crash1904 1850 Lardner Railway Econ. 326 In most cases of derailment, it is the engine which escapes from the rails. [Foot-note*, I have adopted this word from the French: it expresses an effect..for which we have not yet had any term in our railway nomenclature. By déraillement* is meant the escape of the wheels of the engine or carriage from the rails.] 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Derailment, the state of being off the rails of a railway, as a locomotive. Lardner. 1880 Times 20 Jan. (Swiss Railways) The number of accidents..was 177, of which 55 are classed as derailments, 55 as collisions. 1880 St. James's Gaz. 17 Aug. 12 I do not now refer to the influence of speed in producing a derailment. Draft additions September 2020 figurative. The action or an act of impeding, disrupting, or thwarting an activity, proceeding, plan, etc., by diverting it from its intended or expected course; the derailing of someone or something (cf. derail v. Additions). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > thwarting or being thwarted confoundinga1450 frustrationa1575 prevention1582 frustrating1640 baffling1689 thwarting1825 discomfiting1826 bafflement1841 derailment1896 snookering1935 1896 Sheffield Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 4/4 The terrible catastrophe which followed the derailment of the Armenian question. 1970 Economist 27 June 48/3 The monetary authorities were now able to capitalise on the financial derailment of Penn Central. 2019 Courier-Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 45 Despite several short-term career derailments, Ritchie has always managed to power on. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850
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