1 [C] a wooden or metal bar fixed to a wall, which you can hang things on (固定在墙上用来挂物件的)横杆,横档:
a towel/curtain/picture rail挂毛巾╱窗帘╱图画的横杆☞picture on page C7 见C7页插图
2 [C] a bar which you can hold to stop you from falling (on stairs, from a building, etc) (楼梯等的)栏杆,扶手
3 [C] [usu.pl] each of the two metal bars that form the track that trains run on 铁轨;轨道
4 [U] the railway system; trains as a means of transport 铁路系统;火车:
rail travel/services/fares乘火车旅行;列车服务;火车票价
rail1/rel; reIl/n 1 [U] the railway system 铁路系统: the UK rail network 英国铁路网络by rail people who travel by rail 乘火车旅行的人2 [C usually plural 一般用复数] one of the two long metal tracks that trains move along 铁路路轨3 [C] a bar along or around something, usually to stop you falling 扶手﹔栏杆4 [C] a bar that you use to hang things on〔挂东西用的〕横杆: a towel rail 毛巾杆
railrailrailsrailedrailingnoun1(pluralrails) a long piece of wood or metal that is fixed to the wall or to something else: Hang your towel on the rail in the bathroom.2rails (plural) the long pieces of metal that trains go on3(no plural) trains as a way of travelling: We decided to travel by rail.