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单词 cross
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1. verb and noun uses2. adjective use
cross
(krɒs , US krɔːs )
verb and noun uses
Word forms: crosses , crossing , crossed
1. verb A2
If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
She was partly to blame for failing to look as she crossed the road. [VERB noun]
They have crossed the border into Greece and asked for political asylum. [VERB noun]
In 1838 the first iron sailing vessel crossed the Atlantic. [VERB noun]
Egan crossed to the drinks cabinet and poured a Scotch. [VERB + to]
[Also V adv/prep, V + into]
Synonyms: go across, pass over, traverse, cut across  
2. verb B1
A road, railway, or bridge that crosses an area of land or water passes over it.
The Defford to Eckington road crosses the river half a mile outside Eckington. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: span, bridge, ford, go across  
3. verb B1
Lines or roads that cross meet and go across each other.
...the intersection where Main and Center Streets cross. [VERB]
It is near where the pilgrimage route crosses the road to Quimper. [VERB noun]
4. verb
If someone or something crosses a limit or boundary, for example the limit of acceptable behaviour, they go beyond it.
I normally never write into magazines but Mr Stubbs has finally crossed the line. [VERB noun]
Candidates must get 5 per cent of the vote to continue. Many will fail to cross that threshold. [VERB noun]
5. verb
If an expression crosses someone's face, it appears briefly on their face. [written]
Berg tilts his head and a mischievous look crosses his face. [VERB noun]
A faint smile crossed his lips. [VERB noun]
6. countable noun B1
A cross is a shape that consists of a vertical line or piece with a shorter horizontal line or piece across it. It is the most important Christian symbol.
Round her neck was a cross on a silver chain.
He solemnly made the sign of the cross.
Christ died on the cross.
Synonyms: crucifix, rood  
7. verb
If Christians cross themselves, they make the sign of a cross by moving their hand across the top half of their body.
'Holy Mother of God!' Marco crossed himself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
8. countable noun
If you describe something as a cross that someone has to bear, you mean it is a problem or disadvantage which they have to deal with or bear.
Two young men perishing in such circumstances is a hard cross to bear for each family.
Synonyms: trouble, worry, trial, load  
9. countable noun A1
A cross is a written mark in the shape of an X. You can use it, for example, to indicate that an answer to a question is wrong, to mark the position of something on a map, or to indicate your vote on a ballot paper.
Put a tick next to those activities you like and a cross next to those you dislike.
10. verb B2
If you cross your arms, legs, or fingers, you put one of them on top of the other.
Jill crossed her legs and rested her chin on one fist, as if lost in deep thought. [VERB noun]
Pop crossed his arms over his chest and watched us. [VERB noun]
He was sitting there in the living room with his legs crossed. [VERB-ed]
11. verb
If you cross someone who is likely to get angry, you oppose them or refuse to do what they want.
If you ever cross him, forget it, you're finished. [VERB noun]
12. singular noun
Something that is a cross between two things is neither one thing nor the other, but a mixture of both.
'Ha!' It was a cross between a laugh and a bark.
It was a lovely dog. It was a cross between a collie and a golden retriever. [+ between]
Synonyms: mixture, combination, blend, amalgam  
13. countable noun
In some team sports such as football and hockey, a cross is the passing of the ball from the side of the field to a player in the centre, usually in front of the goal.
He hit an accurate cross to Groves.
14. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A cross street is a road that crosses another more important road. [US]
The Army boys had personnel carriers blockading the cross streets.
15.  See also crossing
16. to cross your fingers phrase B2
If you cross your fingers, you put one finger on top of another and hope for good luck. If you say that someone is keeping their fingers crossed, you mean they are hoping for good luck.
He crossed his fingers, asking for luck for the first time in his life.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they turn up soon.
17. cross my heart convention
You can say ' cross my heart' when you want someone to believe that you are telling the truth. You can also ask 'cross your heart?', when you are asking someone if they are really telling the truth. [spoken]
I won't tell the girls anything you tell me about it. I promise, cross my heart.
18. to cross your mind phrase B2
If you say that an idea or possibility never crossed your mind, you mean that you did not think of it.
It had never crossed his mind that there might be a problem.
The possibility of failure did cross my mind.
Synonyms: occur to you, come to mind, spring to mind, strike you  
19. people's paths cross phrase
If you cross someone's path or if your paths cross, you meet them by chance.
It was highly unlikely that their paths would cross again.
20. to cross the Rubicon phrase
If you say that someone has crossed the Rubicon, you mean that they have reached a point where they cannot change a decision or course of action. [journalism]
He's crossed the Rubicon with regard to the use of military force as an option.
21. to cross swords phrase
If you cross swords with someone, you disagree with them and argue with them about something.
She was a prominent member of the council and frequently crossed swords with the local MP. [+ with]
The fiercest of rivals, the last time they crossed swords was during the 1980s.
Synonyms: fight, argue, dispute, disagree  
Phrasal verbs:
cross off
phrasal verb
If you cross off words on a list, you decide that they no longer belong on the list, and often you draw a line through them to indicate this.
I checked the chart and found I had crossed off the wrong thing. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
They have enough trouble finding nutritious food without crossing meat off their shopping lists. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
cross out
phrasal verb B1
If you cross out words on a page, you draw a line through them, because they are wrong or because you want to change them.
He crossed out 'fellow subjects', and instead inserted 'fellow citizens'. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
cross
(krɒs , US krɔːs )
adjective use
Word forms: crosser , crossest
adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2
Someone who is cross is rather angry or irritated.
The women are cross and bored.
I'm terribly cross with him. [+ with]
She was rather cross about having to trail across London. [+ about]
crossly adverb [ADVERB with verb]
'No, no, no,' Morris said crossly.
Idioms:
cross my heart [spoken]
said when you want to assure someone that you are telling the truth. This expression is used mainly by children.
And I won't tell any of the other girls anything you tell me about it. I promise, cross my heart.
a cross to bear
a responsibility or an unpleasant situation which you must live with, because you cannot change it
`My children are much cleverer than me, it is a cross I have to bear,' he quips at one point in the interview.
someone will cross that bridge when they come to it
said to mean that someone intends to deal with a problem when, or if, it happens, rather than worrying about the possibility of it happening
`You can't make me talk to you.' `No, but the police can.' `I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.'
dot the i's and cross the t's
to add the final minor details to a piece of work, plan or arrangement
Unless all the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed, a contract is not likely to be valid.
cross someone's path
to meet someone by chance
The book is full of cutting criticisms of the celebrities who crossed her path.
at cross purposes
if two people are at cross purposes, there is a misunderstanding between them because they think they are talking about or trying to do the same thing as each other, but they are actually talking about or trying to do different things
They had been talking at cross purposes earlier, Enron realized. The Hungarian hadn't been offering him a slice of the deal at all.
cross the Rubicon
to make an important decision which cannot be changed and which will have very important consequences
Did he want to be the prime minister who crossed the Rubicon and endorsed statutory regulation of the press, breaking a centuries-old convention?
cross swords with someone
to disagree and argue with someone, or oppose them
These two politicians have crossed swords on many occasions.
cross the line
to start behaving in an unacceptable way, for example by getting involved in something extreme or anti-social
The show's pretty outrageous, but I don't think it crosses the line.
cross your mind
if a thought crosses your mind, you suddenly think of it
The thought crossed my mind that she might be lying about her age.
if something never crossed your mind, it never occurred to you or you did not consider that it could happen
It evidently never crossed his mind to enter politics.
Collocations:
cross a footbridge
Travellers coming from the opposite direction, should ensure they cross the footbridge, rather than following the white guidelines on the pavement.
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In fact, turn sharp left and cross the footbridge.
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Travellers coming from the opposite direction, need to make sure they turn right at the tee intersection, not left (west) and cross the footbridge.
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Crossing the footbridge from the main hotel, you enter a peaceful and private world.
Times, Sunday Times
cross a frontier
New arrivals rushed to cross the frontier before the barrier was finished.
Times, Sunday Times
It felt strange, in the age of aircraft and cars, to cross a frontier by riverboat.
Times, Sunday Times
About a million people a day legally cross the frontier for trade, commerce or recreation.
Times, Sunday Times
The faience was hidden in kegs and hay to cross the frontier.
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He vowed to attack them if they crossed the frontier.
Times, Sunday Times
cross a lane
In one test participants in a car at a junction attempted to cross a lane of oncoming traffic.
Times, Sunday Times
The number of mistakes, including late braking or crossing the lane line, were counted each time and compared.
Times, Sunday Times
They were crossing the lane yesterday morning quite early, leaping with ease over barbed wire fences and relaxed as you please, staring at me with something little short of insolence.
Times,Sunday Times
Passengers must cross the lanes used by buses, baggage carts and other vehicles in order to reach the aircraft.
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The runners then crossed the lane again, jumping a fence as they did so which they had not jumped on the first circuit to set off on the second circuit.
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cross a picket line
Strike leaders now fear thousands of the medics will cross picket lines as they do not support the action.
The Sun (2016)
And if that doesn't work, they must cross the picket line and proudly vow to put patients first.
The Sun (2016)
Some of our members were crossing picket lines in which other members were marching.
Christianity Today (2000)
One in five crossed picket lines.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I don't see myself crossing the picket line.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
cross a stream
The practical path tells you to turn left at the derelict stone mill and cross the stream to follow the yellow trailmarks.
Christianity Today
Cross the stream, then track north across the heath.
Times, Sunday Times
We cross the stream and head for the meadow.
Times, Sunday Times
You walk through the gateway into the wood, cross the stream over a wooden footbridge and walk up a steep hill through majestic beech trees.
Times, Sunday Times
The horses slowed to cross the stream and were fired upon as they crested the streambed within 50 meters of the enemy.
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cross a track
Cross this track (fingerpost); continue steeply up hill for 300m to meet a sunken track.
Times, Sunday Times
In order for a road to cross the track, a kind of double-sided drawbridge had to be constructed, which required an attendant to operate it.
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He was fired after allegedly taking a curve too fast, endangering a supervisor who had been preparing to cross a track.
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A crowd of people ignore the warning bells and cross the track.
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You must dismount to cross the track.
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cross an ocean
It can do everything except cross the ocean.
Times, Sunday Times
And why can one cross an ocean while the other stays put?
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It seems brave of her, being so vulnerable, to cross the ocean for her art.
Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes he drew in advance on things he hadn't been paid for; and sometimes a great mea culpa would cross the ocean.
The Times Literary Supplement
He thought it would take 90 to 100 days to cross the ocean.
Times, Sunday Times
cross beams
Traditionally, pergolas were made of brick or stone, with timber cross beams, but these can look out of scale in all but the grandest settings.
Times, Sunday Times
The bridge deck including cross beams are due to be completely replaced.
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The centre pin of the bogie rotated in a spring-centred block mounted beneath the steam chest on cross beams.
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The ceiling consists of recessed panels and cross beams featuring decorative medallions.
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A typical structure would have four or more central posts planted in the ground and connected at the top by cross beams.
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cross look
She gave him a cross look and scarcely bothered to thank him for the trouble.
Times, Sunday Times
A personal moon turns routine daily contacts into love-charged events, and someone at a crossing looks a lot like dating material.
The Sun
Cross looks every inch the darts king.
Times, Sunday Times
cross safely
We don't tell them not to cross roads until they're 25 - we teach them how to cross safely.
The Sun
Locals feared the roads were too wide to cross safely with the arrival of the 20mph car, so a large pedestrian traffic island was built.
The Sun
Rope bridges are built across highways to allow lar gibbons to cross safely.
Times, Sunday Times
At level crossings on larger roads, temporary bells or light signals were installed, that enabled trains to cross safely.
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They are unlikely to have worked out the significance of red and green lights but have probably observed cars regularly stopping there and pedestrians crossing safely, according to biologists.
Times,Sunday Times
cross the equator
They are at their maximum distance from each other as they cross the equator.
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They cross the equator at 06:00 and 18:00 local-time each day.
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Over the next several days, the disturbance crossed the equator, moving northward.
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Additionally, the range was extended to 3000 mi, crossing the equator.
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The low formed due to a surge of energy within the monsoon that had crossed the equator from the northwest.
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cross the face of
Observe the involuntary anger cross his face.
Times, Sunday Times
The goddess gave the durmurthi strict orders never to cross the face of cave or hurt people any more.
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For a moment the anger management therapist scowls, and then a look of cunning crosses his face.
Times, Sunday Times
He apologises and a look of calmness crosses his face.
The Sun
A look of almost imperceptible resistance briefly crosses his face before he accedes.
Times, Sunday Times
cross the fence
I leave the safety of the car and cross the fence.
Times, Sunday Times
Remaining within the enclosure allows them freedom, but to cross the fence would mean worldly danger.
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Then the slow glide down final with the engine muttering in idle to cross the fence and level off with wheels skimming the wet clover.
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He crossed his fences like an old hand and showed plenty of staying power up the home straight.
The Sun
If the backup crosses the fence and, for example, tries to control the same disk array as the primary, a data hazard may occur.
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cross the finish line
I struggle on and manage to cross the finish line in just over seven hours.
Times,Sunday Times
If all goes to plan he will do a mile a day and cross the finish line almost four weeks later.
The Sun
And they will all be judged once they cross the finish line.
The Sun
As they obeyed the commands, they were able to negotiate the course and cross the finish line, depending solely on the sighted skiers' word.
Christianity Today
Then she battled through a debilitating knee injury to cross the finish line.
Times,Sunday Times
cross the finishing line
When you cross the finishing line, all that is lifted from your shoulders.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
We have to cross the finishing line.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
England were trying to cross the finishing line before they had reached the end of the first lap.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The surviving boats will have crossed the finishing line and a British man may be on the podium.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But he has had just one top ten finish since January and looks to have crossed the finishing line with little to spare.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
cross the pass
Unofficial transits are believed to be more common, as many locals lack passports needed to cross the pass legally.
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Today, only about 3500 vehicles cross the pass each day.
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No highway or road cross this pass today.
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The travellers used horses and ponies to cross the pass.
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The general impression among them seemed to be, that the first train that attempted to cross this pass would also be the last.
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cross the pond
As sterling continues to ride high against the dollar, the cost of crossing the pond continues to fall.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Best news of all is that there's no rush to cross the pond.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
How long will it be before the ads cross the pond?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
cross the road
A camera on her cycle helmet filmed the darkhaired pedestrian stepping out alongside her to cross the road as she pedalled past.
The Sun (2015)
Two thirds admitted crossing the road to dodge a collection tin while nearly half lied about having no change.
The Sun (2009)
And those who are frightened of crossing the road are said to suffer from dromophobia.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Along the way a dog barks, a red car overtakes and the bus slows down to allow lambs to cross the road.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
cross the sea
Normally they cross the sea in makeshift vessels.
Times, Sunday Times
It uses sailing ships to ensure its produce crosses the sea without polluting the planet.
Times,Sunday Times
Would anybody, of any other nation, ever seek to cross the seas in a bathtub?
Times, Sunday Times
Not just from one garden to the next, but for hundreds of miles, sometimes crossing the sea as if it were no more trouble to them than a garden fence.
Times, Sunday Times
People who cross the seas to become our neighbours and our fellow citizens.
Globe and Mail
cross the threshold
I merely wish to explain why I let Hall cross the threshold of my study when I had resolved to retuse him admittance.
Howatch, Susan ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
A man's backlit silhouette, slightly bowlegged, crossed the threshold.
Laura Lippman THE LAST PLACE (2002)
A threshold is crossed where the sufferer really can't comprehend what is happening to them, and this is of some comfort.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Once they cross the threshold of your home, cut herbs seem to go into supersonic wilt mode.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Such traders would be able to obtain prior restraint orders because they would be able to cross the threshold.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
cross traffic
Not quite, but something close: rear cross traffic assist alerts you to approaching vehicles when you're reversing.
Times, Sunday Times
You can also add adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist, 360-degree cameras, cross traffic alert and so on.
The Sun
Blind spot monitoring, lane departure and rear cross traffic alerts are all included in the package, as well as automatic rear braking high beam assist.
The Sun
Steel-reinforced concrete embankment walls line the right-of-way and there are 38 viaducts built into the railroad to accommodate cross traffic.
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Some of these features include all wheel drive, cross traffic alert, collision warning, blind spot monitoring and adaptive cruise control.
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wooden cross
The stunned owners found an ancient wooden cross lying on the floor of the hidden cellar, having apparently rotted off the wall.
The Sun
Officers have left flowers and a simple wooden cross at the site where her remains were found.
The Sun
In answering this question, the focus extends beyond the wooden manger and reaches the wooden cross.
Christianity Today
He took his only possession, a broken wooden cross.
Times, Sunday Times
At our baptism services, we place a large wooden cross at the center of the stage.
Christianity Today
Translations:
Chinese: 生气的, 十字架, 勾划
Japanese: 不機嫌な, 十字形, 横切る
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