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单词 train
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trainnoun

uk/treɪn/us/treɪn/

train noun (VEHICLE)

A1 [ C ] a railway engine connected to carriages for carrying people or to wheeled containers for carrying goods:

a goods/freight/passenger train
the train to/from Bristol
a train journey/station
Did you come by train?
She caught/took the train to Edinburgh.
Hurry up, or we'll miss (= arrive too late for) the train.

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Railways: trains & parts of trains

  • air brake
  • baggage car
  • bogie
  • boiler
  • bullet train
  • caboose
  • carriage
  • choo-choo
  • coach
  • couchette
  • diesel
  • emergency cord
  • freight car
  • intercity
  • luggage van
  • maglev train
  • rolling stock
  • shunt
  • sleeping car
  • wagon-lit

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train noun (SERIES)

train of thought/events

C2 a series of connected thoughts or events:

What amazing train of thought led you from Napoleon to global warming?
The book describes the train of events that led up to the assassination.

[ C ] a line of animals, people, or things moving along together:

a wagon train
a mule/camel train

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Order and sequence - general words

  • alphabetize
  • back end
  • back end
  • be a chapter of accidents idiom
  • catalogue
  • litany
  • merry-go-round
  • next
  • nth
  • penultimate
  • run
  • running
  • second 1
  • sequential
  • series
  • succession
  • thirdly
  • timeline
  • vice versa
  • wave

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Things collected in lines or rings

train noun (PART OF DRESS)

[ C ] the part of a long dress that spreads out onto the floor behind the person wearing it:

an elaborate wedding dress with a long train

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Decorations for clothes

  • epaulette
  • eyelet
  • flash
  • flounce
  • frill
  • fringe
  • frou-frou
  • piping
  • sequin
  • shoulder pad
  • spangle
  • stud
  • studded
  • tassel
  • trim
  • trimming

Idiom(s)

put/set sth in train

trainverb

uk/treɪn/us/treɪn/

train verb (PREPARE)

B1 [ I or T ] to prepare someone or yourself for a job, activity, or sport, by learning skills and/or by mental or physical exercise:

She trained as a pilot.
[ + to infinitive ] John trained to be an accountant.
[ + to infinitive ] I had to train myself to be more assertive at work.
She trained hard for the race, sometimes running as much as 60 miles a week.
humorous I'm trying to train my kids to pick up after themselves.

More examples

  • We're trying to train our dog to sit.
  • Doctors are trained to recognize the symptoms of different diseases.
  • I had to take an aptitude test before I began training as a nurse.
  • How I wish I could train the children to leave their dirty shoes at the door!
  • We believe that he has been training an army and storing up arms.

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Teaching in general

  • CAL
  • CLIL
  • clue
  • clue sb in
  • drum
  • engage
  • homeschool
  • hothousing
  • instruction
  • instructional
  • popularize
  • special educational needs
  • teach
  • teach sb a lesson idiom
  • that'll teach sb idiom
  • tutelage
  • upskill
  • upskilling
  • wean
  • wean sb on sth

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Exercising & training

train verb (AIM)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] formal to aim or point a gun, camera, light, etc. at someone or something:

With five guns suddenly trained on him, he was understandably nervous.

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Aiming and aim

  • aim
  • direct
  • home
  • home in on sth/sb
  • level
  • level sth at sb
  • target
  • zero
  • zero in on sth/sb

train verb (DIRECT GROWTH)

[ T ] to direct the growth of a plant in a particular direction by cutting it and tying it:

The vines were trained over an arch, providing shade as well as fruit.

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Gardening - general words

  • arborist
  • bed
  • bed sth out
  • bonsai
  • deadhead
  • grass
  • hedgerow
  • hoe
  • homegrown
  • horticulture
  • hydroponics
  • landscape gardening
  • nurse
  • nursery
  • seed
  • sow 1
  • topiary
  • tree surgeon
  • trellis
  • uproot

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