| 单词 | across lots |
| 释义 | > as lemmasacross lots (i) across lots: across fields or empty plots of land, esp. as a short cut; by the quickest or shortest route (literal and figurative); directly. Cf. cross-lots adv. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1817 Maryland Herald 2 Apr. The other entered from the redoubt, ran across the lots through Mr Tuttle's barn yard to Main-street,..and then across lots to Front-street. 1833 Genesee (Rochester, N.Y.) Farmer 21 Dec. 401/3 A common fence, though eight rails high and double ridered, is no bar to the practice of steering across lots. 1881 T. L. Haines & L. W. Yaggy Royal Path of Life 13 Men are seen going across-lots to fortune; and a poor business many of them make of it. 1969 in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 174 Then commenced the chase, up lanes, ‘across lots’, down lanes. 2014 Times of Shrewsbury (Vermont) Sept. 4/2 Our house is less than half the roadway distance if you go across lots. < as lemmas |
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