connected with this ; j£$ifv7:36: a bus/
coach station /■$:&. HX-tk I■ IdlW-J In
the word station on
its own usually refers to the train station: Can you tell me the
way to the station? In the
the way to the
station? itHH , station /X-
36: the train station O the Greyhound Bus station
►
FOR WORK/SERVICE I f1 ® / 3 (usually in compounds
itlllnl) a plac® or building where a service is organized and provided
or a special type of work is done 36 ; FJf ; M : a police station
|||o (BrE) a petrol station jjp 36 0 (NAmE) a gas station tip 36 o an agricultural
research station o a
pollution
monitoring station ?§ 9m ifJj 36 —compare space
station
►
RADIO/TV COMPANY f' ft / ffe M & !J
4 (often in compounds a radio or
television company
and the programmes it
broadcasts Efe a
local radio/TV station / ISn o He tuned
to another station.
►
SOCIAL POSITION 1± /■ Jill ; 5 (old-fashioned or formal)
your social position JHfr: She was definitely
getting ideas above her
station. M ^
H. tl tfi W la & frcE
►
POSITION (>’ 6 a place where sb has to wait and
watch or be ready to do
work if needed SM tF (ft tv i ; ^ \\L : You are not to leave your
station without permission. ^ ft ff $ &0 —see also
DOCKING
STATION
►
LARGE FARM 7 (usually in compounds
% ig) a large sheep or cattle farm in
m
►
FOR ARMY/NAVY U/v; 8 a small base for
the army
or navy; the people
living in it ^ ^ IS ; Si ^ : a naval station % 36 jfa — see also action stations ffiTfll see panic n.
m verb [VN +adv./prep.]
►
ARMED FORCES 1 [often passive] to send sb, espe
cially from one of the armed
forces, to work in a place for a period of time M. Si; {■£ Si
iL: troops stationed abroad
► GO TO POSITION fiij \: 2 ~ sb/yourself ... (formal) to go somewhere and stand or
sit there, especially to wait for sth; to send sb somewhere to do this PJ^£t.36
(
^ ( S&h ) : She
stationed herself at the
window to await his return.
'station agent noun (NAmE) = stationmaster stationary
/'steijanri;
NAmE -neri/ adj. 1 not moving; not intended to be
moved fft; HI/E:#J; 7
•6f : I remained stationary.
I# § & if] 0 0 The
car collided with a
stationary vehicle.
If o 0 a stationary
exercise bike 0H ll fr# fiTJa
sta tion er /’steijen^r)/ noun
(especially BrE) 1 a person who owns or
manages a shop selling stationery :3c 2 stationer’s (pi. stationers) a shop that sells
stationery : Is there a stationer’s near here?
xm?
stationery /'steijanri; NAmE -neri/ noun
[U] 1 materials for writing
and for using in an office, for example paper, pens and envelopes jtflr 2
special paper for writing letters on ff £££; ft 31 'station house noun (NAmE) =
police station sta tion master /’steijnma:st9(r); NAmE -maes-/ (BrE) (US
station
agent) noun a person in charge of
a train station ( tkX36 ) 36ic
.Station of the 'Cross noun [usually pi.] one of a series of 14 pictures that represent
different events that happened on Christ’s journey to the place where he was
killed M 14
ftDSiffct'-)
'station wagon noun (NAmE) = estate car stat-ism /'steitizam/ noun
[U] a political system in which the central government controls social and
economic affairs ;&!!$(ft!] ► statist adj., noun statistic /sta'tistik/ noun
1 statistics (also informal stats) [pi.] a collection of
information shown in numbers i%
if WC # ; 0$ Hi Pt : crime/unemployment, etc.
stationery and office supplies
tation wagon noun (NAmE) = estate
car stat-ism
/'steitizam/
noun [U] a political system in which the central government
controls social and economic affairs ;&!!$(ft!] ►
statist adj., noun statistic /sta'tistik/ noun
1 statistics (also informal stats) [pi.] a collection of
information shown in numbers i% if
WC #
; 0$ Hi
Pt : crime/unemployment, etc.