rail
noun/reɪl/
Слово англійською: rail
Переклад rail українською: ко́лія, ре́йка (залізни́чна), пору́ччя
Детальний опис
- [countable] a wooden or metal bar placed around something as a barrier or to provide support
- She leaned on the ship's rail and gazed out to sea.
- [countable] a bar fixed to the wall for hanging things on
- a curtain rail
- [countable, usually plural] each of the two metal bars that form the track that trains run on
- The train thundered along the rails.
- [uncountable] (often before another noun) railways as a means of transport
- by rail to travel by rail
- rail travel/services/fares
- a rail link/network
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French reille ‘iron rod’, from Latin regula ‘straight stick, rule’.
Idioms
get back on the rails
- (informal) to become successful again after a period of failure, or to begin functioning normally again
- He has helped get the company back on the rails again.
go off the rails (informal)
- to start behaving in a way that is strange or unacceptable, for example drinking a lot or taking drugs
- She went completely off the rails after her sister died.
- He was worried his son was going to go completely off the rails.
- to lose control and stop functioning correctly
- The company has gone badly off the rails in recent years.
jump the rails
- (of a train) to leave the track suddenly