| 单词 | rail |
| 释义 | rail (once / 186 pages) 1nv 2v 3n The verb rail means to criticize severely. When you rail against increased taxes at a town meeting, you speak openly and loudly about how wrong the increase is and point out the problems it will cause. Rail can also mean "to complain." When your mom asks you to vacuum the house, you might rail against this chore by saying that you ALWAYS do the vacuuming, that vacuuming is SO hard, and that you hate the stupid vacuum! Rail can also mean to spread negative information about someone in an abusive way. If your "friends" rail against you to everyone in school, they're spreading nasty rumors about you, and you should find new friends! WORD FAMILYrail: railed, railing, rails+/railing: railings USAGE EXAMPLESNevertheless, the singer railed against police officers who appear in the background of one of Songz’s videos, unfazed as the artist swears at them. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) It was Cuomo, speaking into the intercom from one of the rail cars. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Bank Stadium operator SMG said in a statement that they apparently climbed over a guard rail to access the ridge truss. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal) Hypo|Hyper hitching bar, hitchrack a fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying ledger boardtop rail of a fence or balustrade picture railrail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures plate railrail or narrow shelf fixed to a wall to display plates fence rail, split raila rail that is split from a log bar a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon 2n a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports Syn|Hypo|Hyper railing bar (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried fife railthe railing surrounding the mast of a sailing vessel guardrail, safety raila railing placed alongside a stairway or road for safety taffrailthe railing around the stern of a ship barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement 3n a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll Syn|Hypo|Hyper rails, runway, track third rail a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive bar a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon 4n short for railway he traveled by rail he was concerned with rail safety Hyper railroad, railroad line, railway, railway line, railway system line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight 5v enclose with rails rail in the old graves Syn|Hyper rail in confine, enclose, hold in close in; darkness enclosed him" 6v provide with rails The yard was railed Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 7v separate with a railing rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace Syn|Hyper rail off divide, separate make a division or separation 8v convey (goods etc.) by rails fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium Hyper transport move something or somebody around; usually over long distances 9v travel by rail or train They railed from Rome to Venice Syn|Hyper train ride be carried or travel on or in a vehicle 10v lay with rails hundreds of miles were railed out here Hyper lay, put down, repose put in a horizontal position 11v fish with a handline over the rails of a boat 2They are railing for fresh fish Hyper fish catch or try to catch fish or shellfish 1v complain bitterly Syn|Hyper inveigh complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness 2v spread negative information about Syn|Hyper revile, vilify, vituperate abuse, blackguard, clapperclaw, shout use foul or abusive language towards 3v criticize severely 3She railed against the bad social policies Syn|Hyper fulminate denounce speak out against n any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud Hypo|Hyper maori hen, weka, wood hen flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting crakeany of several short-billed Old World rails Notornis mantelli, notornis, takaheflightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules cootslate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks Crex crex, corncrake, land railcommon Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields Porzana porzana, spotted crakeEurasian rail of swamps and marshes American coot, Fulica americana, marsh hen, mud hen, water hena coot found in North America Fulica atra, Old World coota coot found in Eurasia wader, wading bird any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food |
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