station

Definitions

From Latin statiō, 'a standing, a post,' from stāre. A station is a place where something stands or stays put — a train station (where trains stand), a police station (a fixed post), a TV station. As a verb, to station troops is to set them standing at a post.

Common Collocations

• 1.train station火车站
• 2.police station警察局
• 3.gas station加油站
• 4.radio station电台

Example Sentences

• 1.

  I'll meet you at the train station.

• 2.

  She called the police station to report the theft.

• 3.

  Soldiers were stationed along the border.