sta‧tion 1 S1 W1 / steɪʃ ə n / 名词

1 train/bus [可数名词] a place where trains or buses regularly stop so that passengers can get on and off, goods can be loaded etc, or the buildings at such a place → terminus :

I want to get off at the next station.

Grand Central Station

Is there a waiting room in the station?

train station/railway station British English

the city bus station

2 centre for a service or activity [可数名词] a building or place that is a centre for a particular kind of service or activity :

a police station

a fire station

petrol station British English gas station American English (= where petrol is sold )

polling station (= where you vote in an election )

an Antarctic research station → action stations

3 radio/tv [可数名词] an organization which makes television or radio broadcasts, or the building where this is done :

New York jazz station WBGO

a local TV station

4 social rank [可数名词] old-fashioned your position in society :

Karen was definitely getting ideas above her station (= higher than her social rank ) .

5 position [可数名词] formal a place where someone stands or sits in order to be ready to do something quickly if needed :

You’re not to leave your station unless told.

6 farm [可数名词] a large sheep or cattle farm in Australia or New Zealand

7 army/navy [可数名词] a small military establishment :

an isolated naval station

THESAURUS

station a place where trains or buses regularly stop : The town has its own railway station. | Paddington Station in west London | the bus station

terminus the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus line : We’ve arranged to meet her at the Victoria bus terminus. | the railway terminus in central Calcutta

track [通常复数形式] the metal lines along which trains travel. This is sometimes used in American English to say which part of a station a train will leave from : The passenger train, traveling at 120 mph, careered off the tracks.

platform the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station – used especially to say which part of a station a train will leave from : Trains for Oxford leave from Platform 2.

ticket office ( also booking office British English ) the place at a station where tickets are sold : You can buy rail tickets online or at the ticket office.

departures board British English ( also departure board American English ) a board saying when and from which part of a station each train will leave : The departures board said that the train was ten minutes late.