station 音标拼音: [st'eʃən]
n . 车站,站,局,驻地,位置,身分,地位
vt . 安置,配置,驻扎
车站,站,局,驻地,位置,身分,地位安置,配置,驻紮
station 分台; 分局; 边远台站
station 站
station 上端局
station 站 所 车站
station n 1 :
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose ; "
he started looking for a gas station "; "
the train pulled into the station "
2 :
proper or designated social situation ; "
he overstepped his place "; "
the responsibilities of a man in his station ";
"
married above her station " [
synonym : {
place }, {
station }]
3 : (
nautical )
the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty 4 :
the position where someone (
as a guard or sentry )
stands or is assigned to stand ; "
a soldier manned the entrance post ";
"
a sentry station " [
synonym : {
post }, {
station }]
5 :
the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station v 1 :
assign to a station [
synonym : {
station }, {
post }, {
send },
{
place }]
Station \
Sta "
tion \ (
st [=
a ]"
sh [
u ^]
n ),
n . [
F .,
fr .
L .
statio ,
from stare ,
statum ,
to stand .
See {
Stand }.]
1 .
The act of standing ;
also ,
attitude or pose in standing ;
posture . [
R .]
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1913 Webster ]
A station like the herald ,
Mercury . --
Shak .
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Their manner was to stand at prayer ,
whereupon their meetings unto that purpose . . .
had the names of stations given them . --
Hooker .
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2 .
A state of standing or rest ;
equilibrium . [
Obs .]
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All progression is performed by drawing on or impelling forward some part which was before in station ,
or at quiet . --
Sir T .
Browne .
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3 .
The spot or place where anything stands ,
especially where a person or thing habitually stands ,
or is appointed to remain for a time ;
as ,
the station of a sentinel .
Specifically :
(
a )
A regular stopping place in a stage road or route ;
a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand ,
for the convenience of passengers ,
taking in fuel ,
moving freight ,
etc .
(
b )
The headquarters of the police force of any precinct .
(
c )
The place at which an instrument is planted ,
or observations are made ,
as in surveying .
(
d ) (
Biol .)
The particular place ,
or kind of situation ,
in which a species naturally occurs ;
a habitat .
(
e ) (
Naut .)
A place to which ships may resort ,
and where they may anchor safely .
(
f )
A place or region to which a government ship or fleet is assigned for duty .
(
g ) (
Mil .)
A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops ,
or for the distribution of them ;
also ,
a spot well adapted for offensive or defensive measures .
--
Wilhelm (
Mil .
Dict .).
(
h ) (
Mining )
An enlargement in a shaft or galley ,
used as a landing ,
or passing place ,
or for the accommodation of a pump ,
tank ,
etc .
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4 .
Post assigned ;
office ;
the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform ;
sphere of duty or occupation ;
employment .
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By spending this day [
Sunday ]
in religious exercises ,
we acquire new strength and resolution to perform God '
s will in our several stations the week following . --
R .
Nelson .
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5 .
Situation ;
position ;
location .
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The fig and date --
why love they to remain In middle station ,
and an even plain ? --
Prior .
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6 .
State ;
rank ;
condition of life ;
social status .
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The greater part have kept ,
I see ,
Their station . --
Milton .
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They in France of the best rank and station . --
Shak .
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7 . (
Eccl .)
(
a )
The fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week ,
Wednesday and Friday ,
in memory of the council which condemned Christ ,
and of his passion .
(
b ) (
R .
C .
Ch .)
A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers .
--
Addis &
Arnold .
(
c )
One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion ;
formerly ,
the tomb of a martyr ,
or some similarly consecrated spot ;
now ,
especially ,
one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord '
s passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines ,
and which are visited in rotation ,
stated services being performed at each ; --
called also {
Station of the cross }. --
Fairholt .
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1913 Webster ]
8 .
In Australia ,
a sheep run or cattle run ,
together with the buildings belonging to it ;
also ,
the homestead and buildings belonging to such a run .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Station bill }. (
Naut .)
Same as {
Quarter bill },
under {
Quarter }.
{
Station house }.
(
a )
The house serving for the headquarters of the police assigned to a certain district ,
and as a place of temporary confinement .
(
b )
The house used as a shelter at a railway station .
{
Station master },
one who has charge of a station ,
esp .
of a railway station .
{
Station pointer } (
Surv .),
an instrument for locating on a chart the position of a place from which the angles subtended by three distant objects ,
whose positions are known ,
have been observed .
{
Station staff } (
Surv .),
an instrument for taking angles in surveying . --
Craig .
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Syn : {
Station }, {
Depot }.
Usage :
In the United States ,
a stopping place on a railway for passengers and freight is commonly called a depot :
but to a considerable extent in official use ,
and in common speech ,
the more appropriate name ,
station ,
has been adopted .
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1913 Webster ]
Station \
Sta "
tion \ (
st [=
a ]"
sh [
u ^]
n ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p .
{
Stationed } (-
sh [
u ^]
nd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Stationing }.]
To place ;
to set ;
to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post ,
place ,
or office ;
as ,
to station troops on the right of an army ;
to station a sentinel on a rampart ;
to station ships on the coast of Africa .
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1913 Webster ]
He gained the brow of the hill ,
where the English phalanx was stationed . --
Lyttelton .
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1913 Webster ]
155 Moby Thesaurus words for "
station ":
angle ,
appoint ,
appointment ,
arable land ,
assign ,
barnyard ,
barton ,
base ,
bearings ,
berth ,
billet ,
blood ,
bracket ,
branch ,
case ,
caste ,
category ,
cattle ranch ,
chicken farm ,
circumstance ,
clan ,
class ,
collective farm ,
condition ,
cotton plantation ,
croft ,
dairy farm ,
demesne ,
demesne farm ,
depot ,
dignity ,
distance ,
division ,
dry farm ,
dude ranch ,
echelon ,
employment ,
engagement ,
estate ,
face ,
factory farm ,
fallow ,
farm ,
farmery ,
farmhold ,
farmland ,
farmplace ,
farmstead ,
farmyard ,
fix ,
footing ,
fruit farm ,
fur farm ,
garrison ,
gig ,
grade ,
grain farm ,
grange ,
grassland ,
ground ,
group ,
grouping ,
hacienda ,
head ,
heading ,
hierarchy ,
high place ,
homecroft ,
homefarm ,
homestead ,
incumbency ,
install ,
jam ,
job ,
kibbutz ,
kin ,
kolkhoz ,
kudos ,
label ,
lay ,
level ,
locate ,
location ,
lot ,
mains ,
manor farm ,
modality ,
mode ,
moonlighting ,
office ,
opening ,
orchard ,
order ,
park ,
pass ,
pasture ,
pen ,
perspective ,
pickle ,
pigeonhole ,
place ,
plantation ,
plight ,
pose ,
posit ,
position ,
post ,
posture ,
poultry farm ,
power structure ,
precedence ,
predicament ,
prestige ,
put ,
race ,
ranch ,
rancheria ,
rancho ,
rank ,
rate ,
rating ,
rubric ,
seat ,
second job ,
section ,
sept ,
service ,
set ,
sheep farm ,
site ,
situation ,
sphere ,
spot ,
stage ,
stand ,
standing ,
state ,
stature ,
status ,
steading ,
stick ,
stock farm ,
strain ,
stratum ,
subdivision ,
subgroup ,
submit ,
suborder ,
tenure ,
title ,
toft ,
truck farm ,
vacancy ,
venue ,
viewpoint
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STATION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of STATION is the place or position in which something or someone stands or is assigned to stand or remain How to use station in a sentence
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