train

noun

1. 火车；列车
   a railway/railroad engine pulling a number of coaches/cars or trucks, taking people and goods from one place to another
   1. to get on/off a train
      上 / 下火车
   2. I like travelling by train .
      我喜欢乘火车旅行。
   3. a passenger/commuter/goods/freight train
      客运 / 市郊通勤 / 货运列车
   4. to catch/take/get the train to London
      赶上 / 乘坐 / 搭乘开往伦敦的火车
   5. a train journey/driver
      火车旅程 / 司机
   6. You have to change trains at Reading.
      你得在雷丁换乘火车。
2. 列队行进的人（或动物）；队列；行列
   a number of people or animals moving in a line
   1. a camel train
      骆驼队
3. 一系列相关的事情（或行动）
   a series of events or actions that are connected
   1. His death set in motion a train of events that led to the outbreak of war.
      他的死引发了一系列的事件，从而导致了战争的爆发。
4. 拖裾，裙裾（长礼服的曳地部分）
   the part of a long formal dress that spreads out on the floor behind the person wearing it

verb

1. 训练；培训；接受训练
   to teach a person or an animal the skills for a particular job or activity; to be taught in this way
   1. badly trained staff
      缺乏训练的员工
   2. They train dogs to sniff out drugs.
      他们训练狗嗅出毒品。
   3. He trained as a teacher before becoming an actor.
      他在成为演员之前受过师资培训。
   4. All members of the team have trained in first aid.
      全队队员都接受过急救培训。
   5. Sue is training to be a doctor.
      苏正在接受医生培训。
2. 进行…训练；（尤指）进行体育锻炼；训练（人或动物）
   to prepare yourself/sb for a particular activity, especially a sport, by doing a lot of exercise; to prepare a person or an animal in this way
   1. athletes training for the Olympics
      为迎战奥林匹克运动会而进行训练的运动员
   2. She trains horses.
      她是驯马的。
   3. He trains the Olympic team.
      他训练奥林匹克队。
3. 教育；培养…的能力（或素质）
   to develop a natural ability or quality so that it improves
   1. An expert with a trained eye will spot the difference immediately.
      训练有素、眼光敏锐的专家会马上发现差别所在。
   2. You can train your mind to think positively.
      你可以培养自己有乐观思想的能力。
4. 使（植物）朝某方向生长；修整
   to make a plant grow in a particular direction
   1. Roses had been trained around the door.
      玫瑰被修整得围绕着门口生长。

NOUN USES 名词用法

1. N-COUNT 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.
   1. The train pulled into a station...
      列车驶入了一个车站。
   2. We can catch the early morning train...
      我们能赶上凌晨的火车。
   3. He arrived in Shenyang by train yesterday.
      他昨天乘火车到达沈阳。
2. N-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.
   1. In the old days this used to be done with a baggage train of camels.
      在过去，这往往由一队驮载行李的骆驼完成。
   2. ...a long train of oil tankers.
      一长队油轮
3. N-COUNT (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.
   1. He lost his train of thought for a moment, then recovered it...
      他一时思维短路，然后又重新想了起来。
   2. Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
      贾尔斯触发了随后的一系列事件，这些事件最终将以悲剧收场。
4. 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.
5. PHRASE 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.
   1. In a moment the ceremony was in train…
      仪式马上就要开始了。
   2. 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


6. PHRASE (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.
   1. The cars have brought in their train a host of other problems.
      汽车随之带来其他一大堆问题。

VERB USES 动词用法

1. V-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.
   1. The US was ready to train its troops to participate...
      美国准备训练军队参加。
   2. Stavros was training to be a priest...
      斯塔夫罗斯正受训成为一名牧师。
   3. Psychiatrists initially train as doctors...
      精神病医生首先是作为医生接受培训的。
   4. We don't train them only in bricklaying, but also in other building techniques...
      我们不仅仅训练他们砌砖，而且教给他们其他建造技术。
   5. Companies tend to favour the lawyer who has trained with a good quality City firm...
      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。
   6. I'm a trained nurse...
      我是一名受过专业训练的护士。
   7. Our workforce is highly trained and competitive.
      我们的员工队伍训练有素，竞争意识强。
2. VERB 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.
   1. I see my degree as something which will train my mind and improve my chances of getting a job...
      我把学位视为可以锻炼心智、增加就业机会的东西。
   2. Some children come to school with more finely trained perceptual skills than others.
      一些孩子在入学时比其他孩子受过更好的感知技能培养。
3. V-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.
   1. Strachan is training for the new season...
      斯特罗恩正为新的赛季进行训练。
   2. He has spent a year training crews for next month's round the world race.
      他已花了一年时间为下个月的环球比赛训练队伍。
4. VERB 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.
   1. Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down.
      可以训练嗅探犬追捕他们。
   2. ...a man who trained hundreds of dogs...
      训练过数百只狗的人
   3. She had brought her trained sheepdog to help in the rescue.
      她带来了经过训练的牧羊犬帮助营救。
5. VERB 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.
   1. She trained her binoculars on the horizon...
      她将双筒望远镜对准地平线。
   2. Police cameras had been specifically trained on that area.
      警方摄像头已特别对准那一区域。
6. VERB (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.
   1. Instead of training the shoots up the fence, lay them flat in both directions alongside it...
      不要让嫩枝爬上篱笆，要令其沿着篱笆伏地向两边长。
   2. You could even put a trellis on your walls and train plants to grow up it.
      你甚至可以在墙上搭置棚架，让植物攀缘其上。
7. See also: training

1. We heard the train coming
   我们听见火车来了。
2. After the second explosion, all of London's main train and subway stations were shut down
   第二次爆炸后，伦敦所有的主要火车站和地铁站都关闭了。
3. I rang up to inquire about train times
   我打了电话查询列车时刻。
4. The train began to move.
   火车开动了。
5. The train pulled into a station
   列车驶入了一个车站。
6. We can catch the early morning train
   我们能赶上凌晨的火车。
7. He arrived in Shenyang by train yesterday.
   他昨天乘火车到达沈阳。
8. In the old days this used to be done with a baggage train of camels.
   在过去，这往往由一队驮载行李的骆驼完成。
9. He lost his train of thought for a moment, then recovered it
   他一时思维短路，然后又重新想了起来。
10. Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.
    贾尔斯触发了随后的一系列事件，这些事件最终将以悲剧收场。
11. In a moment the ceremony was in train
    仪式马上就要开始了。
12. He praised the economic reforms set in train by the government.
    他称赞政府启动的经济改革。
13. The cars have brought in their train a host of other problems.
    汽车随之带来其他一大堆问题。
14. The US was ready to train its troops to participate
    美国准备训练军队参加。
15. Stavros was training to be a priest
    斯塔夫罗斯正受训成为一名牧师。
16. Psychiatrists initially train as doctors
    精神病医生首先是作为医生接受培训的。
17. We don't train them only in bricklaying, but also in other building techniques
    我们不仅仅训练他们砌砖，而且教给他们其他建造技术。
18. Companies tend to favour the lawyer who has trained with a good quality City firm
    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。
19. I'm a trained nurse
    我是一名受过专业训练的护士。
20. Our workforce is highly trained and competitive.
    我们的员工队伍训练有素，竞争意识强。
21. I see my degree as something which will train my mind and improve my chances of getting a job
    我把学位视为可以锻炼心智、增加就业机会的东西。
22. Strachan is training for the new season
    斯特罗恩正为新的赛季进行训练。
23. He has spent a year training crews for next month's round the world race.
    他已花了一年时间为下个月的环球比赛训练队伍。
24. Sniffer dogs could be trained to track them down.
    可以训练嗅探犬追捕他们。
25. She had brought her trained sheepdog to help in the rescue.
    她带来了经过训练的牧羊犬帮助营救。
26. She trained her binoculars on the horizon
    她将双筒望远镜对准地平线。
27. Police cameras had been specifically trained on that area.
    警方摄像头已特别对准那一区域。
28. Instead of training the shoots up the fence, lay them flat in both directions alongside it
    不要让嫩枝爬上篱笆，要令其沿着篱笆伏地向两边长。
29. I've got the train ticket.
    我买上火车票了。
30. The train is pulling in.
    火车进站了。

  educate coach teach train【导航词义：教育，培训】

  educate v. 教育

〔辨析〕较正式用词，多指进行学校教育，通常用被动语态。

  coach v. 〈尤英〉辅导

〔辨析〕指对体育运动、工作、技能等进行培训或进行考前辅导。

  teach v. 教，讲授

〔辨析〕普通用词，指教授某人具体知识、技能、道理等。

  train v. 培训，训练

〔辨析〕指培训人或动物的某种技能或进行体育训练。

  tame domesticate train【导航词义：驯养】

  tame v. 驯服，驯养

〔辨析〕指驯化野生动物。

  domesticate v. 驯养，驯化

〔辨析〕指驯养动物为人类做事，或使其作为宠物和人类生活在一起。

  train v. 训练

〔辨析〕指训练动物做某事或做出正确的举动。

train sth at/on sb/sth

1. 把（枪口、照相机、灯光等）瞄准，对准
   to aim a gun, camera, light, etc. at sb/sth
   1. to get on/off a train
      上 / 下火车
   2. I like travelling by train .
      我喜欢乘火车旅行。
   3. a passenger/commuter/goods/freight train
      客运 / 市郊通勤 / 货运列车
   4. to catch/take/get the train to London
      赶上 / 乘坐 / 搭乘开往伦敦的火车
   5. a train journey/driver
      火车旅程 / 司机
   6. You have to change trains at Reading.
      你得在雷丁换乘火车。

n.

bring sth in its train

• 带来…后果
  to have sth as a result
  1. Unemployment brings great difficulties in its train.
     失业带来了重重困难。

in sb's train

• 跟随…之后
  following behind sb
  1. In the train of the rich and famous came the journalists.
     记者蜂拥在豪绅名流之后。

set sth in train

• 安排；准备；开始
  to prepare or start sth
  1. That telephone call set in train a whole series of events.
     那个电话把一整套事项安排好了。

a train of thought

• 思路；思绪
  the connected series of thoughts that are in your head at a particular time
  1. The phone ringing interrupted my train of thought.
     电话铃声打断了我的思路。

noun

1. wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
   1. the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain

   Synonym:    gearinggeargeartrainpower train

2. public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
   1. express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction

   Synonym:    railroad train

3. piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor
   1. the bride's train was carried by her two young nephews

4. a series of consequences wrought by an event
   1. it led to a train of disasters

5. a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
   1. we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels
   2. they joined the wagon train for safety

   Synonym:    caravanwagon train

6. a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
   1. a string of islands
   2. train of mourners
   3. a train of thought

   Synonym:    string

verb

1. exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition
   1. She is training for the Olympics

2. undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
   1. She is training to be a teacher
   2. He trained as a legal aid

   Synonym:    prepare

3. create by training and teaching
   1. The old master is training world-class violinists
   2. we develop the leaders for the future

   Synonym:    developprepareeducate

4. teach and supervise (someone)
   1. He is training our Olympic team
   2. She is coaching the crew

   Synonym:    coach

5. point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
   1. Please don't aim at your little brother!
   2. He trained his gun on the burglar
   3. Don't train your camera on the women
   4. Take a swipe at one's opponent

   Synonym:    aimtaketake aimdirect

6. drag loosely along a surface
   1. The toddler was trailing his pants
   2. She trained her long scarf behind her

   Synonym:    trail

7. travel by rail or train
   1. They railed from Rome to Venice
   2. She trained to Hamburg

   Synonym:    rail

8. educate for a future role or function
   1. He is grooming his son to become his successor
   2. The prince was prepared to become King one day
   3. They trained him to be a warrior

   Synonym:    preparegroom

9. teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
   1. Cultivate your musical taste
   2. Train your tastebuds
   3. She is well schooled in poetry

   Synonym:    educateschoolcultivatecivilizecivilise

10. cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it
    1. train the vine

11. develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice
    1. Parents must discipline their children
    2. Is this dog trained?

    Synonym:    disciplinecheckcondition