资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Train \Train\, n. [F. train, OF. tra["i]n, trahin; cf. (for some
   of the senses) F. traine. See {Train}, v.]
   1. That which draws along; especially, persuasion, artifice,
      or enticement; allurement. [Obs.] ``Now to my charms, and
      to my wily trains.'' --Milton.

   2. Hence, something tied to a lure to entice a hawk; also, a
      trap for an animal; a snare. --Halliwell.

            With cunning trains him to entrap un wares.
                                                  --Spenser.

   3. That which is drawn along in the rear of, or after,
      something; that which is in the hinder part or rear.
      Specifically :
      (a) That part of a gown which trails behind the wearer.
      (b) (Mil.) The after part of a gun carriage; the trail.
      (c) The tail of a bird. ``The train steers their flights,
          and turns their bodies, like the rudder of ship.''
          --Ray.

   4. A number of followers; a body of attendants; a retinue; a
      suite.

            The king's daughter with a lovely train. --Addison.

            My train are men of choice and rarest parts. --Shak.

   5. A consecution or succession of connected things; a series.
      ``A train of happy sentiments.'' --I. Watts.

            The train of ills our love would draw behind it.
                                                  --Addison.

            Rivers now Stream and perpetual draw their humid
            train.                                --Milton.

            Other truths require a train of ideas placed in
            order.                                --Locke.

   6. Regular method; process; course; order; as, things now in
      a train for settlement.

            If things were once in this train, . . . our duty
            would take root in our nature.        --Swift.

   7. The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.

   8. A line of gunpowder laid to lead fire to a charge, mine,
      or the like.

   9. A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.

   10. A heavy, long sleigh used in Canada for the
       transportation of merchandise, wood, and the like.

   11. (Rolling Mill) A roll train; as, a 12-inch train.

   {Roll train}, or {Train of rolls} (Rolling Mill), a set of
      plain or grooved rolls for rolling metal into various
      forms by a series of consecutive operations.

   {Train mile} (Railroads), a unit employed in estimating
      running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of
      miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads,
      as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; --
      called also {mile run}.

   {Train of artillery}, any number of cannon, mortars, etc.,
      with the attendants and carriages which follow them into
      the field. --Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.).

   {Train of mechanism}, a series of moving pieces, as wheels
      and pinions, each of which is follower to that which
      drives it, and driver to that which follows it.

   {Train road}, a slight railway for small cars, -- used for
      construction, or in mining.

   {Train tackle} (Naut.), a tackle for running guns in and out.

   Syn: Cars.

   Usage: {Train}, {Cars}. Train is the word universally used in
          England with reference to railroad traveling; as, I
          came in the morning train. In the United States, the
          phrase the cars has been extensively introduced in the
          room of train; as, the cars are late; I came in the
          cars. The English expression is obviously more
          appropriate, and is prevailing more and more among
          Americans, to the exclusion of the cars.

Artillery \Ar*til"ler*y\, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie,
   arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and
   apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of
   any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns,
   ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm,
   prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art.
   See {Art}.]
   1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows,
      and arrows. [Obs.]

            And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. --1
                                                  Sam. xx. 40.

   2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars,
      howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls,
      bombs, and shot of all kinds.

   Note: The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense,
         including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils,
         machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a
         train of artillery.

   3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which
      the care and management of artillery are confided.

   4. The science of artillery or gunnery. --Campbell.

   {Artillery park}, or {Park of artillery}.
      (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery,
          including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition,
          appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for
          working them.
      (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or
          collected.

   {Artillery train}, or {Train of artillery}, a number of
      pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their
      furniture, ready for marching.