1N-COUNT [oft byNOUN]火车;列车 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. 火车;列车
The train pulled into a station.
列车驶入了一个车站。
We can catch the early morning train.
我们能赶上凌晨的火车。
He arrived in Shenyang by train yesterday.
他昨天乘火车到达沈阳。
SYN locomotive, railway train
2N-COUNT (缓慢行进中的)行列,队列 A train of vehicles, people, or animals is a long line of them travelling slowly in the same direction. (缓慢行进中的)行列,队列
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)连串,(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)连串,(一)系列
He lost his train of thought for a moment, then recovered it. [+ of]
他一时思维短路,然后又重新想了起来。
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 在进行中 If a process or event is in train or has been set in train, it is happening or starting to happen. 在进行中 [mainly British]
In a moment the ceremony was in train…
仪式马上就要开始了。
He praised the economic reforms set in train by the government.
他称赞政府启动的经济改革。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 in motion
6PHRASE [PHRASE after verb](问题、困难等)随之而来 If something brings problems or difficulties in its train, the problems or difficulties occur as a natural or logical result of it. (问题、困难等)随之而来
The cars have brought in their train a host of other problems.
1V-ERG (受)训练;(被)培训 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)训练;(被)培训 [Also VERB n]
The US was ready to train its troops to participate.
美国准备训练军队参加。
Stavros was training to be a priest. [VERB to-infinitive]
斯塔夫罗斯正受训成为一名牧师。
Psychiatrists initially train as doctors. [VERB + as]
精神病医生首先是作为医生接受培训的。
We don't train them only in bricklaying, but also in other building techniques. [VERB noun + in]
我们不仅仅训练他们砌砖,而且教给他们其他建造技术。
Companies tend to favour the lawyer who has trained with a good quality City firm. [VERB]
各公司往往偏爱那些在伦敦金融城的大律师事务所受过培训的律师。
I'm a trained nurse. [VERB-ed]
我是一名受过专业训练的护士。
Our workforce is highly trained and competitive. [VERB-ed]
2VERB 锻炼,培养(某一素质或能力) To train a natural quality or talent that someone has, for example their voice or musical ability, means to help them to develop it. 锻炼,培养(某一素质或能力)
I see my degree as something which will train my mind and improve my chances of getting a job. [VERB noun]
我把学位视为可以锻炼心智、增加就业机会的东西。
Some children come to school with more finely trained perceptual skills than others. [VERB-ed]
一些孩子在入学时比其他孩子受过更好的感知技能培养。
3V-ERG (为体育活动)(使)进行训练(或锻炼) 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. (为体育活动)(使)进行训练(或锻炼)
Strachan is training for the new season. [VERB + for]
斯特罗恩正为新的赛季进行训练。
He has spent a year training crews for next month's round the world race. [VERB noun + for]
4VERB 训练(兽或鸟) 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. 训练(兽或鸟) [Also VERB n to-infinitive]
Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down. [beVERB-ed to-infinitive]
可以训练嗅探犬追捕他们。
...a man who trained hundreds of dogs. [VERB noun]
训练过数百只狗的人
She had brought her trained sheepdog to help in the rescue. [VERB-ed]
The horse made a winning start for his new trainer.
这匹马为它的新驯马师开了个好头。
5VERB 把…对准(或瞄准) 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…对准(或瞄准)
She trained her binoculars on the horizon. [VERB noun + on]
她将双筒望远镜对准地平线。
Police cameras had been specifically trained on that area. [VERB noun on noun]
6VERB (经整枝)使(植物)朝特定方向生长 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. (经整枝)使(植物)朝特定方向生长
Instead of training the shoots up the fence, lay them flat in both directions alongside it. [VERB noun prep.]
不要让嫩枝爬上篱笆,要令其沿着篱笆伏地向两边长。
You could even put a trellis on your walls and train plants to grow up it. [VERB noun to-infinitive]