English → Chinese
rail1
/BrE reɪl 
, AmE reɪl /
A noun
1 [countable] (handrail) 栏杆; (on ship) 舷栏
2 [countable] (bar for hanging things on) 横杆;
a curtain rail 窗帘杆
3 [countable] (track) 铁轨;
tram rails 电车轨道;
to come or go off the rails literal 出轨;
to go off the rails figurative «person» 举止怪异; «project» 无法正常运行;
he seems to have gone off the rails a bit 他似乎变得有点疯疯癫癫;
our plans have rather gone off the rails 我们的计划乱了套
4 [uncountable] (as means of travel) 铁路;
by rail 乘火车 ‹travel›; 由铁路 ‹send›;
to go by rail 乘火车去;
rail transport/journey/network/worker 铁路运输／旅行／网／工人;
a rail ticket 火车票
B rails
plural noun
Horse racing 赛马场围栏
Phrasal verbs
● rail in
transitive verb
[rail sth in, rail in sth] 用栏杆围住 ‹animal, area›;
the sheep were railed in 羊被圈在栅栏里
● rail off
transitive verb
[rail sth off, rail off sth] 用栏杆隔开 ‹area›;
they had railed off a section of the field for use as a car park 他们围出一块地用作停车场