rail

1. N-COUNT A rail is a horizontal bar attached to posts or around the edge of something as a fence or support. 欄桿

They had to walk across an emergency footbridge, holding onto a rope that served as a rail. 他們不得不抓著當(dāng)作欄桿用的繩子，走過(guò)一架應(yīng)急人行橋。

2. N-COUNT A rail is a horizontal bar that you hang things on. (掛物用的) 橫桿

This pair of curtains will fit a rail up to 7 ft 6 in wide. 這副窗簾適合安裝在寬度為7英尺6英寸的橫桿上。

3. N-COUNT Rails are the steel bars which trains run on. 鐵軌

The train left the rails but somehow forced its way back onto the line. 火車(chē)偏離了鐵軌，但又設(shè)法回到了原來(lái)的軌道上。

4. N-UNCOUNT If you travel or send something by rail, you travel or send it on a train. 乘火車(chē); 用火車(chē) (運(yùn)送)

The president travelled by rail to his home town. 總統(tǒng)乘火車(chē)回到了家鄉(xiāng)。

5. N any of various small wading birds of the genus Rallus and related genera: family Rallidae, order Gruiformes (cranes, etc). They have short wings, long legs, and dark plumage 普通秧雞

6. V to provide with a rail or railings 提供護(hù)欄

7. V to complain bitterly or vehemently 強(qiáng)烈抗議

to rail against fate

8. PHRASE If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed. 東山再起[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)] [journalism]

It may take some time to get the economy back on the rails. 可能要花一些時(shí)間使經(jīng)濟(jì)重回正軌。

9. PHRASE If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example, they start taking drugs or breaking the law. 行為出軌[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

They've got to do something about these children because clearly they've gone off the rails. 他們必須對(duì)這些孩子采取點(diǎn)行動(dòng)，因?yàn)楹苊黠@他們的行為已經(jīng)出軌了。