单词 | detrain |
释义 | † detrainv.1 Obsolete. transitive. To draw. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > draw [verb (transitive)] writeeOE drawa1398 descrivec1400 describe1538 to draw forth1539 to set out1545 design1570 to draw out1576 detrain1587 lineate16.. linea1616 redraw1728 1587 M. Grove Pelops & Hippodamia (1878) 112 If that thou list..with pensell to detrayne A picture that all other shews of pictures aye should stayne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). detrainv.2 1. transitive. To discharge from a railway train: the opposite of entrain. (Originally a military term.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [verb (transitive)] > discharge from a train detrain1881 1881 Globe 9 July 5 The corps travelling by the Great Northern and Great Eastern railways..are ‘detrained’ at Ascot. 1882 Times 20 Nov. 7 The horses were rapidly and safely detrained. 1892 Whitby Gaz. 26 Aug. 4 A grand total of 4794 persons were detrained at the Town Station. 2. intransitive. To alight from a railway train. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [verb (intransitive)] > alight from train detrain1881 1881 Graphic 3 Sept. 1 The Regiment detraining. 1882 W. Chester (Pa.) Republican V. No. 142 The English are using a new word. Soldiers going out of railway cars ‘detrain’. 1888 Times 31 Mar. These Easter manœuvres give great practice to the Volunteers in entraining and detraining. 1890 Daily Tel. 18 July The train..was blocked [by a flood] and the passengers had to detrain. Derivatives deˈtraining n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > alighting or discharging from train disentrainment1881 detraining1885 detrainment1899 deboarding1969 1885 A. Forbes in 19th Cent. Apr. 635 Their trained labourers are deftly building detraining platforms. 1887 Times 8 Apr. 4/3 Strict silence is to be maintained during entraining and detraining. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.11587v.21881 |
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