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单词 crisscross
释义
crisscross1 verbcrisscross2 noun
crisscrosscriss‧cross1, criss-cross /ˈkrɪskrɒs $ -krɒːs/ verb Verb Table
VERB TABLE
crisscross
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theycrisscross
he, she, itcrisscrosses
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theycrisscrossed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave crisscrossed
he, she, ithas crisscrossed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad crisscrossed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill crisscross
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have crisscrossed
Continuous Form
PresentIam crisscrossing
he, she, itis crisscrossing
you, we, theyare crisscrossing
PastI, he, she, itwas crisscrossing
you, we, theywere crisscrossing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been crisscrossing
he, she, ithas been crisscrossing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been crisscrossing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be crisscrossing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been crisscrossing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • They spent a year crisscrossing the country by bus.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • And all of them trained in the same swamps crisscrossed by cocaine cowboys.
  • But the upper mantle, which is crisscrossed by both surface and body waves, is far better understood.
  • Cut in margarine, using pastry blender or crisscrossing two knives, until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
  • Global information distribution networks represent the infrastructure crisscrossing countries and continents.
  • The ice on the river was smooth and transparent, not crisscrossed with the white etchings of skaters' tracks.
  • The parcel was substantial, tightly wrapped in brown paper, crisscrossed by waxed brown twine with many knots.
  • The river ice was crisscrossed with cracks, and we heard occasional booming as new cracks were made.
  • There are no high-powered radio or television stations, and only a few electric-power transmission lines crisscross the rugged landscape.
word sets
WORD SETS
arabesque, nounarc, nounarch, nounball, nounball, verbbar, nouncheck, nouncheckered, adjectivechevron, nouncoil, nounconical, adjectivecorrugated, adjectivecrescent, nouncrisscross, verbcrosswise, adverbcruciform, adjectivecube, nouncurl, verbcurl, nouncurvature, nouncurved, adjectivecurvy, adjectivecylinder, nouncylindrical, adjectivediagonal, adjectivediamond, noundisc, noundome, noundouble helix, nounellipse, nounelliptical, adjectivefloral, adjectiveformation, nounformless, adjectivegeometric, adjectiveglobe, nounglobular, adjectiveharlequin, adjectiveheart, nounhemisphere, nounheptagon, nounhexagon, nounhoneycomb, nounhooked, adjectivehump, noun-iform, suffixlattice, nounMaltese Cross, nounmoon, nounmottled, adjectiveoblong, adjectiveoctagon, nounoval, nounovoid, adjectiveparallelogram, nounpeak, nounpentagon, nounpentagram, nounperimeter, nounpointed, adjectivepyramid, nounquadrangle, nounquadrilateral, nounradial, adjectiverectangle, nounrectangular, adjectiverectilinear, adjectiveregular, adjectivereticulated, adjectiverhomboid, nounrhomboid, adjectiverhombus, nounroll, nounround, adjectiveround, nounround, verbrounded, adjectivesemicircle, nounsolid, nounspatial, adjectivesphere, nounspiral, nounspotted, adjectivesquare, adjectivesquared, adjectivestar, nounstripe, nounstriped, adjectivestripy, adjectivesymmetrical, adjectivesymmetry, nountabular, adjectivethree-cornered, adjectivethree-dimensional, adjectivetrapezium, nountrapezoid, nountrefoil, nountriangle, nountriangular, adjectivetubular, adjectiveundulate, verbvague, adjectiveveined, adjectiveV-formation, nounwavy, adjectivewhorl, nounwiggly, adjectivezigzag, noun
1[intransitive, transitive] to make a pattern of straight lines that cross each other:  Railway lines crisscross the countryside.2[transitive] to travel many times from one side of an area to another:  They spent the next two years crisscrossing the country by bus.
crisscross1 verbcrisscross2 noun
crisscrosscrisscross2, criss-cross noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcrisscross2
Origin:
1600-1700 christcross ‘sign of Christ's cross’ (15-19 centuries)
a pattern made up of a lot of straight lines that cross each otherzigzag:  Inside the box was a crisscross of wires.crisscross adjective:  a crisscross pattern of streets
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