station
station
noun
noun
- a place where passenger trains stop on a railway line, typically with platforms and buildings
火车站
a railway station.
火车站。
[in names]Paddington Station.
帕丁顿车站。 - [usu. with modifier]a place or building where a specified activity or service is based
站，所，局，台
a research station in the rainforest.
雨林地区的一个观测站。
coastal radar stations.
海岸雷达站。
■a small military base, especially of a specified kind
小型军事基地，驻地
a naval station.
一个海军站。
■(N. Amer.)a subsidiary post office
(北美)邮政支局
■(Austral./NZ)a large sheep or cattle farm
(澳／新西兰)大型牧羊（或牛）场 - [withmodifier]a company involved in broadcasting of a specified kind
电台
a radio station.
广播电台。 - the place where someone or something stands or is placed on military or other duty
直立位置；岗位；站位
the lookout resumed his station in the bow.
监视哨又开始在船首站岗。
■[count noun](dated)one's social rank or position
(旧)身份，地位；职位
Karen was getting ideas above her station.
卡伦想要升职。 - (Botany)a particular site at which an interesting or rare plant grows
(植)（珍稀植物的）生境，产地 - short for Station of the Cross
Station of the Cross的简称
- [withobj. and adverbial of place]put in or assign to a specified place for a particular purpose, especially a military one
安置，驻扎，派驻
troops were stationed in the town.
军队驻扎在这个城镇里。
a young girl had stationed herself by the door.
一个少女站在门边。
- Middle English (as a noun): via Old French from Latin statio(n-), from stare 'to stand'. Early use referred generally to ‘position’, especially 'position in life, status', and specifically, in ecclesiastical use, to 'a holy place of pilgrimage (visited as one of a succession'). The verb dates from the late 16th cent
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