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railing

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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rail·ing /ˈreɪlɪŋ/ noun [countable]  1 DHTB (also railings [plural]) a metal fence that is made of a series of upright bars 围栏,栏杆 a small park surrounded by railings 围有栏杆的小公园4  See picture on 见图 Page A13 Town 城镇4  See picture of 见图 FENCE 15 see picture at 见图 fence12. one of the bars in some railings 〔围栏的〕栏杆
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railingThe skate park is crammed with ramps, bowls and railings for users to perform tricks on.High railings guarded the small courtyard gardens, the gates of which were usually protected by push-button security-code entry locks.Terrified, Mildred backed away and crashed into something hard, which seemed to be a huge iron railing towering above her.The Khmer traders were lighting their petrol lamps, across by the railings of the Old Market.Their shoes pressed upward against the chromium of the railings that stretched across the floor in parallels set two feet apart.Climbers had woven their way into the timber railings.After six steps, the wooden railings seemed to lean in together, then move out again.
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railing
railing /ˈreɪlɪŋ/ noun [countable]
1. (also railings [plural]) a metal fence that is made of a series of upright bars:
    a small park surrounded by railings
2. one of the bars in some railings


rail·ingBrE /ˈreɪlɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈreɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [countable, usually plural]
a fence made of vertical metal bars; one of these bars 金属围栏;金属栏杆iron railings铁栏杆I chained my bike to the park railings. 我用链子把自行车锁在公园的围栏上了。🔊🔊She leaned out over the railing. 她靠在栏杆上探出身去。🔊🔊