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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Train \Train\, n.
   1. A heavy long sleigh used in Canada for the transportation
      of merchandise, wood, and the like.

   2. (Mil.) The aggregation of men, animals, and vehicles which
      accompany an army or one of its subdivisions, and
      transport its baggage, ammunition, supplies, and reserve
      materials of all kinds.

Train \Train\, v. i.
   1. To be drilled in military exercises; to do duty in a
      military company.

   2. To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any
      physical contest; as, to train for a boat race.

Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra["i]n, trahin; cf. (for some
   of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.]
   1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice,
      or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] ``Now to my charms, and
      to my wily trains.'' --Milton.

   2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a
      trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell.

            With cunning trains him to entrap un wares.
                                                  --Spenser.

   3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after,
      something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
      Specifically :
      (a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
      (b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
      (c) The tail of a bird. ``The train steers their flights,
          and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship.''
          --Ray.

   4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a
      suite.

            The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison.

            My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak.

   5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
      ``A train of happy sentiments.'' --I. Watts.

            The train of ills our love would draw behind it.
                                                  --Addison.

            Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid
            train.                                --Milton.

            Other truths require a train of ideas placed in
            order.                                --Locke.

   6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in
      a train for settlement.

            If things were once in this train, . . . our duty
            would take root in our nature.        --Swift.

   7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.

   8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine,
      or the like.

   9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.

   10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the
       transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.

   11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.

   {Roll train}, or {Train of rolls} (Rolling Mill), a set of
      plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various
      forms by a series of consecutive operations.

   {Train mile} (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating
      running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of
      miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads,
      as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; --
      called also {mile run}.

   {Train of artillery}, any number of cannon, mortars, etc.,
      with the attendants and carriages which follow them into
      the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.).

   {Train of mechanism}, a series of moving pieces, as wheels
      and pinions, each of which is follower to that which
      drives it, and driver to that which follows it.

   {Train road}, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for
      construction, or in mining.

   {Train tackle} (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out.

   Syn: Cars.

   Usage: {Train}, {Cars}. Train is the word universally used in
          England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I
          came in the morning train. In the United States, the
          phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the
          room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the
          cars. The English expression is obviously more
          appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among
          Americans, to the exclusion of the cars.

Train \Train\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trained}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Training}.] [OF. trahiner, tra["i]ner,F. tra[^i]ner, LL.
   trahinare, trainare, fr. L. trahere to draw. See {Trail}.]
   1. To draw along; to trail; to drag.

            In hollow cube Training his devilish enginery.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To draw by persuasion, artifice, or the like; to attract
      by stratagem; to entice; to allure. [Obs.]

            If but a dozen French Were there in arms, they would
            be as a call To train ten thousand English to their
            side.                                 --Shak.

            O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note.
                                                  --Shak.

            This feast, I'll gage my life, Is but a plot to
            train you to your ruin.               --Ford.

   3. To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to
      discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual
      exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.

            Our trained bands, which are the trustiest and most
            proper strength of a free nation.     --Milton.

            The warrior horse here bred he's taught to train.
                                                  --Dryden.

   4. To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.

   5. (Hort.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier;
      to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or
      pruning; as, to train young trees.

            He trained the young branches to the right hand or
            to the left.                          --Jeffrey.

   6. (Mining) To trace, as a lode or any mineral appearance, to
      its head.

   {To train a gun} (Mil. & Naut.), to point it at some object
      either forward or else abaft the beam, that is, not
      directly on the side. --Totten.

   {To train}, or {To train up}, to educate; to teach; to form
      by instruction or practice; to bring up.

            Train up a child in the way he should go; and when
            he is old, he will not depart from it. --Prov. xxii.
                                                  6.

            The first Christians were, by great hardships,
            trained up for glory.                 --Tillotson.

資料來源 : WordNet®

train
     n 1: public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled
          together and drawn by a locomotive; "express trains
          don't stop at Princeton Junction" [syn: {railroad train}]
     2: a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in
        which each successive member is related to the preceding;
        "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of
        thought" [syn: {string}]
     3: a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling
        together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of
        almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train
        for safety" [syn: {caravan}, {wagon train}]
     4: a series of consequences wrought by an event; "it led to a
        train of disasters"
     5: piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that
        is drawn along the floor; "the bride's train was carried
        by her two young nephews"
     6: wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by
        which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed;
        "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain" [syn: {gearing},
         {gears}, {geartrain}, {power train}]

train
     v 1: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training
          world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the
          future" [syn: {develop}, {prepare}, {educate}]
     2: undergo training or instruction in preparation for a
        particular role, function, or profession; "She is training
        to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" [syn: {prepare}]
     3: train by instruction and practice; especially to teach
        self-control; "Parents must discipline their children";
        "Is this dog trained?" [syn: {discipline}, {check}, {condition}]
     4: prepare (someone) for a future role or function; "He is
        grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was
        prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be
        a warrior" [syn: {prepare}, {groom}]
     5: train to be discriminative in taste or judgment; "Cultivate
        your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She is well
        schooled in poetry" [syn: {educate}, {school}, {cultivate},
         {civilize}, {civilise}]
     6: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as
        photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little
        brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't
        train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's
        opponent" [syn: {aim}, {take}, {take aim}, {direct}]
     7: teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach
        (to), as in sports; "He is training our Olympic team";
        "She is coaching the crew" [syn: {coach}]
     8: exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition;
        "She is training for the Olympics"
     9: train to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it;
        "train the vine"
     10: travel by rail or train; "They railed from Rome to Venice";
         "She trained to Hamburg" [syn: {rail}]
     11: drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground;
         "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her
         long scarf behind her" [syn: {trail}]