单词 | overcross |
释义 | overcrossn. U.S. regional (chiefly western). An overpass, a flyover. Also: a pedestrian crossing, esp. one in the form of a bridge. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > over lock, road, or railway lock bridge1804 railway bridge1830 overbridge1876 flyover1901 overpass1929 overcross1950 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > part where pedestrians can cross street crossing1826 crosswalk1904 pedestrian crossing1933 Belisha crossing1934 zebra crossing1934 overcross1950 zebra1951 ped xing1961 panda crossing1962 pelican crossing1966 puffin1992 1950 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 15 Nov. 23/3 The overcross will be built of reinforced concrete. 1955 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 27 Oct. i. 1/8 General lighting is called for at both ends of the expressway, overhead at the Locust and Clay street bridges, and on all pedestrian overcrosses. 1970 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 12 May 25/5 Roger Felt..had been using the forklift for painting a pedestrian overcross at a rail crossing. 1998 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 5 July b5 Minor- and moderate-injury accidents..occurred in the northbound lanes of the Ventura Freeway at the Lemon overcross and at Lake Piru. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overcrossv. rare. transitive. To lie or pass across; to move or travel across. Also intransitive: to intersect. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > lie across [verb (transitive)] thwart1413 transverse1430 overcrossa1450 overthwartc1450 traverse1555 cross1577 intercourse1597 transit1890 the world > space > direction > specific directions > direct in specific directions [verb (transitive)] > extend across (something) transverse1430 overcrossa1450 overthwartc1450 traverse1481 cross1577 a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 107 (MED) Some, in þe comynge of þe strook of þe Raam, rolleþ out an heuy pyller of marbulle, þe whiche ouercrosseþ þe heed of þe raam in his fallynge and breketh the roopes þat he hangeþ by. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 191 (MED) Somme men hauenge senowes as transuertede and ouercrossede thro all the body, haue bene of grete myȝhte. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 70 Vnlesse he..escapeth..by often turning and ouercrossing the way. 1592 R. Greene Vision sig. E4 If my constant thoughts be ouercrost. 1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose (1878) 288 Wet nettles and faded bents overlie, overcross each cold hillock. 1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 122 The axial rays over-cross within the eye, and proceed to impinge upon the retina. 1973 Systematic Zool. 22 455/1 The fact that the two corresponding directions do not overcross, but discontinue, after collision. 1998 BBC Monitoring Afr. (Nexis) 16 Oct. At least 13 people died yesterday when a minibus-taxi they were travelling in overcrossed the edge of the road and sunk into Lake Kivu. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overcrossprep.adv.adj. A. prep. Across, over; from side to side of. Now archaic and rare. ΚΠ c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 914 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 27 He..tuk wattir..& þare-with all ennoyntit richt þan oure corce þe eyne of þat blind man. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chaine de drap, the woofe of cloth; the thread which in weauing runs overcrosse it. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 16 Laying over-crosse the Chasm, long, dry, and rotten sticks. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 87/2 The Sticking Draught, is a part of the Breast [of an ox] when it is cut long-ways, over cross the bones. a1708 N. Blundell Diary (1952) vii. 115 Philip Syer began to lay a Cundit overcross ye way between ye Long Garden and ye Bleaching-Ground. 1961 R. Hodgson Saint Athelstan in Coll. Poems 6 To leave the marsh and hunt the moss, And howl her hunger overcross A land obliterate. Crossing over something, or over each other; crosswise. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adverb] acrossa1250 crosswise1398 overcrossa1525 per or in cross1562 crossways1564 athwart1607 decussatively1658 cruciformly1834 the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in transverse direction thereoverc897 overwardc1300 acrossa1350 out-overa1400 overthwartly?a1425 a-travers1430 overcrossa1525 thwartlong1600 transversely1650 transverse1660 transversally1762 overthwart1764 athwart1879 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 345 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 105 Syne twa keyis our croce of siluer so cleire In a feild of asure flammit on fold. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 74 The compasse of this arme of the sea is 80 miles, the cut ouer-crosse 20 miles. Lying or placed across; extending from one side to the other. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adjective] overthwart1228 thwart-overa1387 transversaryc1400 thwart1404 thwartingc1430 transversalc1440 transversantc1440 traversea1450 thorter1488 cross1523 overthwarting1552 traversed1561 traversing1561 transverse1621 overcrossa1661 transverseda1711 crossway1865 crosswise1903 a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 3 Birch twigs, or bushes, which they hang upon overcross poles, into the cisterns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1950v.a1450prep.adv.adj.c1480 |
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