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单词 uncrossable
释义

uncrossable

adjective

un·​cross·​able ˌən-ˈkrȯ-sə-bəl How to pronounce uncrossable (audio)
: unable to be crossed : not crossable
an uncrossable chasm
an uncrossable line

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In a region where boundaries separating race and class could be both nebulous and uncrossable, Vroman’s redrew them. Lynell George, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022 Getting militarily involved in Ukraine means getting into a war with Russia, crossing the uncrossable Cold War lines that threatened nuclear annihilation. Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 15 Feb. 2022 The earthworks don’t have to be uncrossable to be deathtraps for the Russians. David Axe, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021 Why do Covid vaccines represent such an uncrossable line in the sand? Stephen Thomas, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021 What no one made preparations for, though, was the snow and ice that pelted Alabama that morning, or the heavy rain the day before that made a creek near the wedding site uncrossable. New York Times, 5 Mar. 2021 But the only uncrossable line Jeff Sessions ever saw was the one at our southern border. Kyle Whitmire, al, 24 Oct. 2020 Less than 200 miles separate New York and Boston, but something between the rival towns forms an uncrossable moat for city-slicker pigeons. Joshua Sokol, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020 In some cases, oceans prove virtually uncrossable natural barriers to refugee flight. Paul A. Kramer, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

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