| 单词 | crisscross |
| 释义 | crisscrossShapes, patterns criss·cross1, criss-cross /ˈkrɪskrɒs $ -krɒːs/ verb 1 CF[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to make a pattern of straight lines that cross each other （在…上）构成十字形图案 Railway lines crisscross the countryside. 铁道在乡村纵横交错。 2 [transitiveT] to travel many times from one side of an area to another 多次往返于，来回奔波于 They spent the next two years crisscrossing the country by bus. 接下来的两年他们乘公共汽车在乡间来回奔波。 Examples from the Corpus crisscross• But the upper mantle, which is crisscrossed by both surface and body waves, is far better understood.• And all of them trained in the same swamps crisscrossed by cocaine cowboys.• The parcel was substantial, tightly wrapped in brown paper, crisscrossed by waxed brown twine with many knots.• Global information distribution networks represent the infrastructure crisscrossing countries and continents.• They spent a year crisscrossing the country by bus.• There are no high-powered radio or television stations, and only a few electric-power transmission lines crisscross the rugged landscape.• Cut in margarine, using pastry blender or crisscrossing two knives, until mixture resembles fine crumbs.• The river ice was crisscrossed with cracks, and we heard occasional booming as new cracks were made.• The ice on the river was smooth and transparent, not crisscrossed with the white etchings of skaters' tracks. crisscross2, criss-cross noun [countableC] CSPATTERNa pattern made up of a lot of straight lines that cross each other 线条纵横交错的图案 → zigzag Inside the box was a crisscross of wires. 箱子里电线纵横交错。 —crisscross adjectiveadj a crisscross pattern of streets 街道的纵横交错 (1600-1700) christcross “sign of Christ's cross” ((15-19 centuries)) |
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