rail [reɪl]
noun
1 (handrail) (on stairs, bridge, balcony) baranda; (f) barandilla; (f) pasamanos; (m) (for curtains) riel; (m) (on ship) barandilla; (f) she leaned on the ship's rail /he grabbed the rail/ and just managed to avoid being swept overboard
(for feet) apoyo para los pies; (m) the bar was dark mahogany with a brass rail at foot level
(fence) valla; (f) cerco; (m) 2 (for train) carril; (m) riel; (m)rails vía; (f) to go off come off leave the railsoror [+train] descarrilar; to send sth by rail enviar algo por ferrocarril
I sent most of my stuff home by rail
to travel by rail viajar por ferrocarril en tren;or
the president traveled by rail to his home town they travelled by road and rail through France
to go off the rails (informal) [+person] descarrilarse
3 rails (Economics) acciones de sociedades ferroviarias; (f) modifier
rail accident (n) accidente de ferrocarril; (m) accidente ferroviario; (m)
rail journey (n) viaje por ferrocarril en tren; (m)or
rail strike (n) huelga de ferroviarios; (f)
rail system (n) red ferroviaria; (f) sistema ferroviario; (m)
rail traffic (n) tráfico por ferrocarril; (m)
rail travel (n) viajes por ferrocarril en tren; (m)or the pass gives you /four days unlimited rail travel/ the Eurostar marks a new era in rail travel our prize includes rail travel to and from Gatwick airport
rail worker (n) (Britain) ferroviarioaferroviaria;a ferroviaria (m) (f) ferrocarrileroaferrocarrilera;a ferrocarrilera (m) (f) (Méx) VT + ADV
rail [reɪl] (old-fashioned)
verb:intransitive
(formal) to rail against sth clamar contra algo
the Chinese railed against the British colonial system for allowing this he railed against the injustice he saw the economic order they so often rail against
to rail at sb recriminar a algn; recriminarle algo a algn; recriminar a algn por hacer algo
he railed at me for half an hour I cursed him and railed at him to rail [at] sb for sth, doing sth
Africa has railed at the West for turning a blind eye for so long "I'm too young to die," she railed
