entrained
entrained — 動詞
1. to get onto a train, or to load people or goods onto one.
登車；裝車
自己上火車，或把人貨裝上去
to get onto a train, or to load people or goods onto one.
At dawn, the soldiers entrained at Tours for the trip east.
天一亮，士兵就在 Tours 登車，準備往東行。
entrain at + station/place
Station staff entrained the racehorses in padded cars before sunset.
站務人員在日落前把賽馬裝車到有軟墊的車廂裡。
entrain + goods/animals + in cars
After lunch, the museum group entrained for Lyon with their guide.
吃過午飯後，參觀團跟著導遊登車前往 Lyon。
Porters entrained the mail sacks while steam hissed beside the platform.
蒸汽在月台旁嘶嘶作響時，搬運工正把郵袋裝車。
文法句型
entrain + at/from + station
entrain + passengers/goods + in/onto + train
用法筆記
Usually seen in historical, military, or railway writing. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense is about trains, not about a rhythm changing to match an outside cue.
2. to make a rhythm or cycle line up with an outside signal, or to become lined up
同步
使節奏或週期配合外部訊號
to make a rhythm or cycle line up with an outside signal, or to become lined up with it.
After three mornings outside, the baby's sleep cycle entrained to sunrise.
在外面待了三個早晨後，寶寶的睡眠週期就和日出同步了。
be entrained to + cue
Blue lamps entrained the fish to a feeding hour near dusk.
藍色燈光讓魚把進食時間同步到黃昏前後。
entrain + animals + to + timing cue
The steady drumbeat entrained the rowers to one stroke rate.
穩定的鼓點把划船手的動作同步成同一個划槳節奏。
Within a week, Mei's body clock entrained to the night shift.
不到一週，Mei 的生理時鐘就和夜班時間同步了。
文法句型
entrain + rhythm/clock + to + cue
be/become entrained to + cue
用法筆記
Often appears with body clock, rhythm, or animals and with 'to' after the verb. Distinguish from sense 3: sense 2 changes timing, while sense 3 carries material in moving air or water.
3. to let moving air or water pull particles or gas into its stream and carry them
裹帶
讓液流把粒子或氣體捲入帶走
to let moving air or water pull particles or gas into its stream and carry them onward.
The pump entrained sand and pushed it into the cooling pipe.
幫浦裹帶著沙子，把它送進冷卻管。
entrain + particles in a moving stream
Strong surf entrained seaweed and foam near the black rocks.
強勁海浪在黑色岩石旁裹帶著海藻和泡沫。
The exhaust fan entrained flour dust above the mixing table.
排風扇在攪拌桌上方裹帶起麵粉粉塵。
As water fell, the spillway entrained air and grit below.
水往下落時，溢洪道在下方裹帶了空氣和砂粒。
文法句型
entrain + particles/gas
be entrained in/by + flow
用法筆記
The subject is usually moving air, water, or another fluid. Distinguish from sense 4: sense 3 pulls material inside a flow, not behind a solid object.
4. to pull another thing behind or beside a moving object so it travels with it.
拖帶
把別的東西拖著一起前進
to pull another thing behind or beside a moving object so it travels with it.
The runaway cart entrained two loose bags as it rolled downhill.
失控的手推車往下滾時，拖帶了兩個鬆掉的袋子。
entrain + loose objects behind a mover
Her long wedding dress entrained wet leaves across the garden path.
她長長的婚紗在花園小徑上拖帶著濕葉子。
The rescue boat entrained three small rafts behind it in rough water.
救援船在浪大時拖帶著三個小筏前進。
A crane hook entrained scraps of wire while the load swung.
吊車鉤子在貨物晃動時拖帶起幾段鐵絲。
文法句型
entrain + object + behind/with + mover
用法筆記
Usually describes a moving solid object pulling other things behind it. Unlike sense 3, the carried items are not suspended inside a stream of air or water.
5. to mix many tiny air bubbles through wet concrete so it handles freezing weather
引氣
把微小氣泡混入混凝土裡
to mix many tiny air bubbles through wet concrete so it handles freezing weather better after it hardens.
The crew entrained tiny air bubbles in the bridge deck mix.
施工隊在橋面混凝土裡引氣，加入細小氣泡。
entrain air bubbles in concrete mix
The contractor entrained more air after the forecast warned of ice.
天氣預報警告會結冰後，承包商又多做了一次引氣。
Lab tests showed the batch had not entrained enough air.
實驗室檢測顯示，這批材料沒有引氣到足夠的程度。
To resist winter cracking, the plant entrained air into each truckload.
為了抗冬天龜裂，工廠把每車混凝土都先引氣。
文法句型
entrain + air + in/into + concrete
用法筆記
Mostly used in construction or materials science. The object is air, and the result is concrete that resists freezing and thawing more effectively.