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'training shoe n BrE a TRAINER
'training wheel n [usually P] AmE || stabilizer BrE — a small wheel that is fastened to the back of a young child's bicycle to make it more steady
'train set n a toy train together with the railway lines and other equipment that goes with it
'train spotter n BrE a person who collects the numbers of railway engines and information about them as a HOBBY —train spotting n [U]
CULTURAL NOTE People often make jokes about train spotters because they are considered to be boring people who are only interested in small details and boring facts and always wear unfashionable clothing such as ANORAKS. -> see also Cultural Note at ANORAK
Train-spotting /'treɪnˌspɒtɪŋ||-spɑː-/ (1996) a British film, based on a book by Irvine Welsh, which is both funny and very serious, about four young Scottish men who take the illegal drug HEROIN. Some people criticized the film for making illegal drugs seem exciting.
traipse /treɪps/ v [+adv/prep] infml to walk tiredly or wander: I've been traipsing round the shops all morning.
trait /treɪ, treɪt||treɪt/ n fml a particular quality, especially of a person; CHARACTERISTIC: Anne's generosity is one of her most pleasing traits.
trai-tor /'treɪtər/ n derog someone who is disloyal, especially to their country: He was hanged as a traitor. | a traitor to the cause of women's rights
trai-tor-ous /'treɪtərəs/ adj derog, especially lit of or like a traitor; TREACHEROUS —ly adv
tra-jec-to-ry /trə'dʒektəri/ n tech the curved path of an object fired or thrown through the air: the trajectory of a bullet -> compare ELEVATION
tram /træm/ also tram-car /'træmkɑːr/ especially BrE || usually streetcar, trolley AmE — n a sort of bus used in cities that is driven by electricity and runs along metal tracks set in the road
tram-lines /'træmlaɪnz/ n [P] BrE 1 the metal tracks, set in the road, along which a tram runs 2 infml either of the pairs of lines on the edges of a tennis court, marking additional space used only when four people are playing
tram-mels /'træməlz/ n [P] fml or lit something that limits or prevents free movement, activity, or development: the trammels of material wealth -> see also UNTRAMMELLED
tramp¹ /træmp/ v [+adv/prep;T] to walk (through or over) with firm heavy steps: Who's been tramping all over this carpet in muddy shoes? | The children tramped the woods looking for berries. | I've tramped the streets/tramped all round town looking for work.
tramp² n 1 [C] often derog a person with no home or job, who wanders from place to place and usually begs for food or money 2 [C] also 'tram-steamer — a ship that does not make regular trips but takes goods to any port 3 [C] derog, especially AmE an immoral woman 4 [C] a long walk: We went for a tramp through the woods. 5 [(the)S] the sound of heavy walking: the steady tramp of soldiers' feet on the road
tram-ple /'træmpəl/ v [+adv/prep;T(DOWN)] to step heavily with the feet (on); crush under the feet: The hunter was trampled to death by a wild elephant. | (fig.) You can't just trample on her feelings like that
tram-po-line /'træmpəliːn||ˌtræmpə'liːn/ n an apparatus on which ACROBATS and GYMNASTS jump up and down to perform exercises, consisting of a sheet of material tightly stretched and held to a metal frame by strong springs
trance /trɑːns||træns/ n a sleeplike condition of the mind in which one does not notice the things around one: a hypnotic trance | He didn't answer when I spoke – he seemed to be in a trance.
tran-ny /'træni/ n BrE old-fash infml for TRANSISTOR
tran-quil /'træŋkwɪl/ adj pleasantly calm, quiet, or peaceful; free from anxiety, worry etc: a tranquil life in the country | a tranquil lake | a tranquil smile —ly adv —ility BrE || ~ity AmE /træŋ'kwɪləti/ n [U]
tran-quil-lize also -lise BrE /'træŋkwɪlaɪz/ v [T] to make (especially an animal) calm or peaceful, usually by means of a drug
tran-quil-lizer also -liser BrE /'træŋkwɪlaɪzər/ n a drug used for reducing nervous anxiety and making a person calm and peaceful: She's been on tranquilizers since the accident.
trans- -> see WORD FORMATION TABLE
trans-act /træn'zækt/ v [T] fml to carry out (especially a piece of business or trade)
trans-ac-tion /træn'zækʃən/ n fml 1 [C] something transacted; a piece of business: The bank charges a fixed rate for each transaction. 2 [U(of)] the act of transacting: the transaction of business
Trans-Am Cham-pi-on-ship, the /ˌtrænz ˈæmˌtʃæmpiənʃɪp/ a number of sports car races held in the US and Canada
Trans-am-er-i-ca Build-ing, the /ˌtrænzəˈmerɪkə ˌbɪldɪŋ/ a famous building in San Francisco which is shaped like a PYRAMID, and which is sometimes used in pictures to represent San Francisco
trans-at-lan-tic /ˌtrænzətˈlæntɪk/ adj 1 on the other side of the Atlantic ocean: one of America's transatlantic military bases 2 crossing the Atlantic ocean: transatlantic flights 3 concerning countries on both sides of the Atlantic ocean: a transatlantic agreement
trans-cei-ver /træn'siːvər/ n a radio set which can both send and receive messages
tran-scend /træn'send/ v [T] fml or lit, usually apprec 1 to go or be above or beyond the limits of: The desire for peace transcended political differences. | The size of the universe transcends human understanding. 2 to go beyond in size, strength, quality etc; SURPASS: His latest symphony transcends anything he has ever written before.
tran-scen-dent /træn'sendənt/ adj fml or lit, usually apprec going far beyond ordinary limits: the transcendent genius of Mozart —ly adv —dence, -dency n [U]
tran-scen-den-tal /ˌtrænsen'dentl/ adj going beyond human knowledge, understanding, and experience; impossible to discover or understand by practical experience or reason —ly adv
tran-scen-den-tal-is-m /ˌtrænsen'dentəlɪzəm/ n [U] fml or tech the belief that knowledge and the principles of reality can be obtained by studying thought and not necessarily by practical experience —ist n
transcendental ,medi'tation abbrev. TM n [U] a method of becoming calm and untroubled by repeating in one's mind special religious words, especially a Hindu MANTRA. Transcendental meditation was especially popular in the 1960s and 1970s.
trans-con-ti-nen-tal /ˌtrænzˌkɒntɪ'nentl, ˌtræns-||-kaːn-/ adj crossing a CONTINENT: a transcontinental railway
tran-scribe /træn'skraɪb/ v [T] fml 1 [(into)] to write an exact copy of: to transcribe an ancient manuscript 2 to write down fully; turn into a written form: A secretary transcribed the witnesses' statements/the taped recordings. 3 to represent (speech sounds) by means of special (PHONETIC) letters 4 [(into)] to write in the alphabet of another language 5 [(for)] to arrange (a piece of music) for a different instrument or voice than the original 6 [(onto)] to TRANSFER
tran-script /'trænskrɪpt/ n [(of)] 1 an exact written or printed copy; something transcribed: A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court. 2 AmE an official document of a college or university which lists a student's classes and the GRADES received: Students can pick up copies of their transcripts at the registrar's office in Murphy Hall.
tran-scrip-tion /træn'skrɪpʃən/ n 1 [U] the act or process of transcribing: The pronunciations of words are shown by a system of phonetic transcription. 2 [C(of)] a transcript
tran-sept /'trænsept/ n the part of a cross-shaped church that crosses the main body of the church at RIGHT ANGLES
trans-fer¹ /træns'fɜːr/ v -rr- [(from, to)] 1 [I;T] to move from one place, job, position etc, to another: The management decided to transfer production of the newspaper to its new plant in Scotland. | That football player is hoping to transfer/be transferred to another team soon. | I've transferred my allegiance to this new brand. 2 [I;T] to (cause to) move or change from one vehicle to another in the course of a journey: At London we transferred from the train to a