(1)列(火)车(railway engine with its car-riages or trucks)[C，U(by～)]：a～station(AmE)/driver火车站/司机;get on/off a～上/下火车;catch/take/get the～to Paris 乘火车去巴黎;miss the～没赶上那趟火车;a passenger/goods/freight～一列客/货/货车;change～s 换乘火车;express/stopping～s 快/慢车;travel (go) by～乘火车旅行(去);～set/ferry 玩具火车/火车轮渡;

(2)队列(procession or long line of people，animals，cars，etc)[C]：a camel/wagon/baggage～骆驼/货车/辎重队;〖同〗procession，column，caravan;

(3)随从(员)(attendants who follow or accompany an important person)[C]：The king/film star is always surrounded by his～s. 国王/该影星经常由他的随从左右保驾。be followed by a～of admirers 被一群爱慕者追随着;be in sb's～是某人的随从;〖同〗attendants;

(4)一系列的事件(念头)(ideas，events，etc that follow each other)[C，通常sing][N(of)]：follow/understand/interrupt sb's～of thought 跟上/明白/打断某人的思路;suggest a whole～of ideas 提出了许多想法;A～of events ended in failure. 一系列的事件均以失败而告终。leave behind a long～of problems/difficulties 遗留下一连串的问题/困难;〖同〗series，sequence，chain，line，set;

(5)裙裾(lower part of a long dress which lies on the ground)[C]：The bride wore a dress with a～. 新娘穿着拖地长裙。

in train 正在准备之中(fml)：Everything is now in～for the first night of the performance. 正在为第一个晚上的演出进行全面准备。

→′trainman n 列车乘务员，列车员;′train-spotter n 作为业余爱好收集机车车号的人;

【用法】在英语中，坐火车汽车等可以说in a train/a bus/a plane/a ship，也可以讲by train/bus/plane/ship。如果我们讲开火车，开飞机，开船，则要注意用不同的动词来表达。如：drive a train/a bus;fly a plane;pilot/sail a ship。