derailment

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs. countable,uncountable
    — The length ganger saw the train passing with the van derailed and promptly telephoned the Sandbach signalman, who restored his signals to danger, but not in time to stop the train before the final derailment occurred.
  2. An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic. countable,uncountable
  3. An instance of thwarting or frustrating something. countable,uncountable
    — But when the second stage set in, in which man became preponderantly self-conscious, he inevitably set about deflecting sex-activities to his own private pleasure and advantage; he employed his budding intellect in scheming the derailment of passion and desire from tribal needs and, Nature's uses to the poor details of his own gratification.
  4. A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas. countable,uncountable

词形变化

derailments plural

词源

Etymology tree
French déraillementbor.
English derailment
Borrowed from French déraillement.
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