train
Definitions
To teach a skill or behavior through practice and instruction
训练；培训；培养
To prepare oneself for a sport or test through exercise
（为体育/考试）锻炼，训练
To guide a plant to grow in a particular direction
牵引（植物）定向生长
A connected series of railway cars pulled along a track
火车，列车
A series or succession of things or events
一连串；一系列（如 train of thought）
A trailing part of a gown or robe that drags behind
（礼服的）拖裾
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedFrom Old French train ('a dragging, a trailing line'), from Latin trahere 'to drag, draw.' The oldest English sense is the trailing part of a gown — something dragged behind. A railway train is a line of cars drawn along; to train someone is to draw them along a course of learning, like training a vine up a wire.
Root train still carries 8 more wordsWhy It Means This
Train is a model of how one physical image — pulling something along — fans out into unrelated-looking meanings. The gown's trailing hem, the line of railway cars, the 'train of thought' (one idea pulled after another), and the teaching sense (drawing a learner forward) are all the same drag, applied to cloth, metal, thoughts, and people.
Common Collocations
- 1.train hard刻苦训练
- 2.catch a train赶火车
- 3.train staff培训员工
- 4.train of thought思路
- 5.miss the train错过火车
Example Sentences
- 1.
Coaches train athletes for months before a major competition.
- 2.
We caught the early train to the coast.
- 3.
I lost my train of thought when the phone rang.
- 4.
The gardener trained the roses along the fence.