Rail

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n.栏杆;铁轨 v.咒骂, 猛烈指责
［英］ n.栏杆 ( a bar serving as a guard or barrier) ; v.咒骂, 猛烈指责 ( to revile or scold in harsh language)
［类］ rail : vehemence / entreat : urgency ( 抨击是猛烈的 / 恳求是急切的)

I. verb

Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from Anglo-French *railer, alteration of trainer to drag, rail on the ground — more at train
Date: 13th century
intransitive verb
- 1.
  - a. to hang down so as to drag along or sweep the ground
  - b. to extend over a surface in a loose or straggling manner <a vine that rails over the ground>
  - c. to grow to such length as to droop over toward the ground <railing branches of a weeping birch>
- 2.
  - a. to walk or proceed draggingly, heavily, or wearily ; plod, trudge
  - b. to lag behind ; do poorly in relation to others
- 3. to move, flow, or extend slowly in thin streams <smoke railing from chimneys>
- 4.
  - a. to extend in an erratic or uneven course or line ; straggle
  - b. dwindle <her voice railing off>
- 5. to follow a rail ; track game
transitive verb
- 1.
  - a. to draw or drag loosely along a surface ; allow to sweep the ground
  - b. haul, tow
- 2.
  - a. to drag (as a limb or the body) heavily or wearily
  - b. to carry or bring along as an addition, burden, or encumbrance
  - c. to draw along in one's wake
- 3.
  - a. to follow upon the scent or trace of ; track
  - b. to follow in the footsteps of ; pursue
  - c. to follow along behind
  - d. to lag behind (as a competitor)
Synonyms: see chase

II. noun

Date: 14th century
1. something that rails or is railed: as
- a. a railing plant
- b. the train of a gown
- c. a railing arrangement (as of flowers) ; spray
- d. the part of a gun carriage that rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered
2.
- a. something that follows or moves along as if being drawn along ; train <a rail of admirers>
- b.
  - (1) the streak produced by a meteor
  - ［b］［c darkslategr