sta·tion1 /ˈsteɪʃən/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 train/bus 火车/公共汽车 [countableC] a place where trains or buses regularly stop so that passengers can get on and off, goods can be loaded etc, or the buildings at such a place 车站 → terminus I want to get off at the next station. 我要在下一站下车。
Grand Central Station 中央火车站
Is there a waiting room in the station? 车站里有候车室吗?
train station/railway station 火车站 British EnglishBrE
the city bus station 市内公共汽车站
2 centre for a service or activity 服务或活动的中心 [countableC]TBB a building or place that is a centre for a particular kind of service or activity 所;站;台;局petrol station British EnglishBrE, gas station American EnglishAmE (=where petrol is sold) 加油站
polling station (=where you vote in an election) 投票站
an Antarctic research station 南极考察站
→ action stations 3 radio/tv 无线电/电视 [countableC] an organization which makes television or radio broadcasts, or the building where this is done 电视台;广播电台 New York jazz station WBGO 纽约 WBGO 爵士乐广播电台
a local TV station 一家当地电视台
4 social rank 社会地位 [countableC] old-fashionedPOSITION/RANK your position in society 社会地位;身份 Karen was definitely getting ideas above her station (=higher than her social rank). 卡伦显然抱有超出自己身份的想法。
5 position 位置 [countableC] formalPLACE a place where someone stands or sits in order to be ready to do something quickly if needed 岗位;位置 You’re not to leave your station unless told. 没有命令,不得离开岗位。
6. farm 农场 [countableC]TA a large sheep or cattle farm in Australia or New Zealand 〔澳大利亚或新西兰的〕大牧场 7 army/navy 陆军/海军 [countableC]PM a small military establishment 〔小型的〕军事基地;驻地 an isolated naval station 一处偏远的海军基地
n THESAURUSstation a place where trains or buses regularly stopThe town has its own railway station.
Paddington Station in west London
the bus station
terminus the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus lineWe’ve arranged to meet her at the Victoria bus terminus.
the railway terminus in central Calcutta
track [usually plural] the metal lines along which trains travel. This is sometimes used in American English to say which part of a station a train will leave fromThe passenger train, traveling at 120 mph, careered off the tracks.
platform the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station – used especially to say which part of a station a train will leave fromTrains for Oxford leave from Platform 2.
ticket office (also booking office British EnglishBrE) the place at a station where tickets are soldYou can buy rail tickets online or at the ticket office.
departures board British EnglishBrE (also departure board American EnglishAmE) a board saying when and from which part of a station each train will leaveThe departures board said that the train was ten minutes late.