单词 | to cut across |
释义 | > as lemmasto cut across a. transitive. To divide, separate, pierce, intersect, run into or through: expressing relative position, not motion. Also intransitive with through, etc. and to cut across (figurative). ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > intersect [verb (transitive)] crossc1400 overcarvec1400 cut?a1475 intersect1615 decussate1658 decuss1782 transect1861 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > go beyond (bounds) > not recognize (boundaries) to cut across1927 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 47 And from that hit [sc. Watling Street] kyttethe ouer [L. transcindit] Seuerne nye to Worcestre. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1616) sig. Dv Just through the midst runnes flowing Tybers streame, With winding bankes that cut it in two parts. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 31 Places very hot..in regard the Æquinoctial cuts them. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 314 Serpentine mountains, which it [steatite] cuts through in small, perpendicular, or rake veins. 18.. J. G. Whittier Norembega vii Yon spire..That cuts the evening sky. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 919 The old part of the path which the line had cut across. 1927 A. M. Carr-Saunders & D. C. Jones Surv. Social Struct. Eng. & Wales 83 But these other associations cut across industrial, occupational, and income classifications. 1960 R. Davies Voice from Attic 38 We exist as a class which cuts across all classes. < as lemmas |
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