Толковый словарь английского языка - station
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I. noun see: stand Date: 14th century 1. the place or position in which something or someone stands or is assigned to stand or remain, any of the places in a manufacturing operation at which one part of the work is done, equipment used usually by one person for performing a particular job, the act or manner of standing ; posture , a stopping place: as, a. a regular stopping place in a transportation route , the building connected with such a stopping place ; depot 3, one of the ~s of the cross, 4. a post or sphere of duty or occupation, a stock farm or ranch especially of Australia or New Zealand, standing , rank , a place for specialized observation and study of scientific phenomena , a place established to provide a public service: as, a. fire ~ , police ~ , a branch post office, gas ~ , 9. a complete assemblage of radio or television equipment for transmitting or receiving, the place in which such a ~ is located, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1742 to assign to or set in a ~ or position ; post
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a regular stopping place on a railway line, with a platform and usu. administrative buildings. b these buildings (see also bus station, coach station). 2 a place or building etc. where a person or thing stands or is placed, esp. habitually or for a definite purpose. 3 a a designated point or establishment where a particular service or activity is based or organized (police station; polling station). b US a subsidiary post office. 4 an establishment involved in radio or television broadcasting. 5 a a military or naval base esp. hist. in India. b the inhabitants of this. 6 position in life; rank or status (ideas above your station). 7 Austral. & NZ a large sheep or cattle farm. 8 Bot. a particular place where an unusual species etc. grows. --v.tr. 1 assign a station to. 2 put in position. Phrases and idioms station-bill Naut. a list showing the prescribed stations of a ship's crew for various drills or in an emergency. station break US a pause between broadcast programmes for an announcement of the identity of the station transmitting them. station hand Austral. a worker on a large sheep or cattle farm. station house US a police station. station-keeping the maintenance of one's proper relative position in a moving body of ships etc. station of the cross RC Ch. a each of a series of usu. 14 images or pictures representing the events in Christ's passion before which devotions are performed in some churches. b each of these devotions. station pointer Naut. a ship's navigational instrument, often a three-armed protractor, for fixing one's place on a chart from the angle in the horizontal plane between two land- or sea-marks. station sergeant Brit. the sergeant in charge of a police station. station-wagon an estate car. Etymology: ME, = standing, f. OF f. L statio -onis f. stare stand ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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