1N-COUNT [oft byNOUN]火車;列車 A train is a number of carriages, cars, or trucks which are all connected together and which are pulled by an engine along a railway. Trains carry people and goods from one place to another. 火車;列車
The train pulled into a station.
列車駛入了一個車站。
We can catch the early morning train.
我們能趕上淩晨的火車。
He arrived in Shenyang by train yesterday.
他昨天乘火車到達沈陽。
SYN locomotive, railway train
2N-COUNT (緩慢行進中的)行列,隊列 A train of vehicles, people, or animals is a long line of them travelling slowly in the same direction. (緩慢行進中的)行列,隊列
In the old days this used to be done with a baggage train of camels.
3N-COUNT [usually singular](想法、事件等的)(一)連串,(一)系列 A train of thought or a train of events is a connected sequence, in which each thought or event seems to occur naturally or logically as a result of the previous one. (想法、事件等的)(一)連串,(一)系列
He lost his train of thought for a moment, then recovered it. [+ of]
他一時思維短路,然後又重新想了起來。
Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy. [+ of]
4N-COUNT 裙裾;拖裾 The train of a woman's formal dress or wedding dress is the long part at the back of it which flows along the floor behind her. 裙裾;拖裾
5PHRASE 在進行中 If a process or event is in train or has been set in train, it is happening or starting to happen. 在進行中 [mainly British]
In a moment the ceremony was in train…
儀式馬上就要開始了。
He praised the economic reforms set in train by the government.
他稱贊政府啓動的經濟改革。
in AM, usually use 美國英語通常用 in motion
6PHRASE [PHRASE after verb](問題、困難等)随之而來 If something brings problems or difficulties in its train, the problems or difficulties occur as a natural or logical result of it. (問題、困難等)随之而來
The cars have brought in their train a host of other problems.
1V-ERG (受)訓練;(被)培訓 If someone trains you to do something, they teach you the skills that you need in order to do it. If you train to do something, you learn the skills that you need in order to do it. (受)訓練;(被)培訓 [Also VERB n]
The US was ready to train its troops to participate.
美國準備訓練軍隊參加。
Stavros was training to be a priest. [VERB to-infinitive]
斯塔夫羅斯正受訓成爲一名牧師。
Psychiatrists initially train as doctors. [VERB + as]
精神病醫生首先是作爲醫生接受培訓的。
We don't train them only in bricklaying, but also in other building techniques. [VERB noun + in]
我們不僅僅訓練他們砌磚,而且教給他們其他建造技術。
Companies tend to favour the lawyer who has trained with a good quality City firm. [VERB]
各公司往往偏愛那些在倫敦金融城的大律師事務所受過培訓的律師。
I'm a trained nurse. [VERB-ed]
我是一名受過專業訓練的護士。
Our workforce is highly trained and competitive. [VERB-ed]
2VERB 鍛煉,培養(某一素質或能力) To train a natural quality or talent that someone has, for example their voice or musical ability, means to help them to develop it. 鍛煉,培養(某一素質或能力)
I see my degree as something which will train my mind and improve my chances of getting a job. [VERB noun]
我把學位視爲可以鍛煉心智、增加就業機會的東西。
Some children come to school with more finely trained perceptual skills than others. [VERB-ed]
一些孩子在入學時比其他孩子受過更好的感知技能培養。
3V-ERG (爲體育活動)(使)進行訓練(或鍛煉) If you train for a physical activity such as a race or if someone trains you for it, you prepare for it by doing particular physical exercises. (爲體育活動)(使)進行訓練(或鍛煉)
Strachan is training for the new season. [VERB + for]
斯特羅恩正爲新的賽季進行訓練。
He has spent a year training crews for next month's round the world race. [VERB noun + for]
4VERB 訓練(獸或鳥) If an animal or bird is trained to do particular things, it is taught to do them, for example in order to be able to work for someone or to be a good pet. 訓練(獸或鳥) [Also VERB n to-infinitive]
Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down. [beVERB-ed to-infinitive]
可以訓練嗅探犬追捕他們。
...a man who trained hundreds of dogs. [VERB noun]
訓練過數百只狗的人
She had brought her trained sheepdog to help in the rescue. [VERB-ed]
The horse made a winning start for his new trainer.
這匹馬爲它的新馴馬師開了個好頭。
5VERB 把…對準(或瞄準) If you train something such as a gun, a camera, or a light on a person or thing, you aim it at them and keep it towards them. 把…對準(或瞄準)
She trained her binoculars on the horizon. [VERB noun + on]
她將雙筒望遠鏡對準地平線。
Police cameras had been specifically trained on that area. [VERB noun on noun]
6VERB (經整枝)使(植物)朝特定方向生長 If you train a tree, bush, or plant in a particular direction, you tie it and cut it so that it grows in that direction. (經整枝)使(植物)朝特定方向生長
Instead of training the shoots up the fence, lay them flat in both directions alongside it. [VERB noun prep.]
不要讓嫩枝爬上籬笆,要令其沿着籬笆伏地向兩邊長。
You could even put a trellis on your walls and train plants to grow up it. [VERB noun to-infinitive]