- a pattern of intersecting straight lines or paths十字形, 交叉形：
the blotting paper was marked with a criss-cross of different inks.
吸墨纸上留有不同颜色墨水形成的十字形痕迹。
- (of a pattern) containing a number of straight lines or paths which intersect each other（图案）十字形的, 交叉的：
the streets ran in a regular criss-cross pattern.
街道呈规则的十字形延伸。
- in a pattern of intersecting straight lines以十字形, 交叉地：
the swords were strung criss-cross on his back.
剑被交叉地挂在他的背上。
with obj.(一般作be criss-crossed)
1- form a pattern of intersecting lines or paths on (a place)在…上交叉, 在…上形成十字形：
the green hill was criss-crossed with a network of sheep tracks.
绿色的山丘上布满了纵横交叉的羊的足迹。
1.1
- no obj.(of straight lines or paths) intersect repeatedly（直线或直路）多次相交：
the smaller streets criss-crossed in a grid pattern.
较小的街道呈网格状纵横交叉。
1.2
- move or travel around (a place) by going back and forth repeatedly来往于, 往返于（某地）：
the President criss-crossed America.
总统在美国各地来回奔波。
词源
early 17th cent. (denoting a figure of a cross preceding the alphabet in a hornbook)：from Christ-cross (in the same sense in late Middle English), from Christ's cross. The form was later treated as a reduplication of CROSS.