unrail

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To remove the rail or railings from. transitive
    — “You are tearing pickets from innocent fences,” said Town, and proceeded to unrail a respectable fence to procure weapons wherewith to “smash the'students' heads.”
  2. To derail. ambitransitive,figuratively,literally
    — If this wanton attempt to unrail or overturn the engine had succeeded, eight lives would have been sacrificed.

词形变化

unrails present,singular,third-person unrailing participle,present unrailed participle,past unrailed past

词源

From un- + rail.
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