Definition of crossroads in English:

crossroads

nounˈkrɒsrəʊdzˈkrɔsˌroʊdz

1An intersection of two or more roads.
Donna accelerated, seeing a crossroads ahead
the jeep sped on towards the crossroads
Example sentencesExamples
- And the system doesn't always pick up on mini-roundabouts and crossroads where you need to go straight on and so doesn't give you any directions there.
- The ‘pinch points’ have been identified at major motorway junctions, congested dual carriageway roundabouts and crossroads.
- After the bridge, follow the road to the right up to the crossroads with the main road.
- The pilot slammed on the brakes and came to a halt two thirds of the way down the runway, turned full circle and headed towards a crossroads in the tarmac.
- Ignore tracks to the left and right but keep to the main access road which bears right and climbs gradually to the lane crossroads.
- Other newcomers might recognise some of the crossroads and roundabouts I have found myself anxiously negotiating on the journey so far.
- They followed the path and then road till its first crossroads.
- He says people dash out in front of traffic at the busy crossroads, impatient for the pedestrian green light to show.
- Villagers are to be given the chance to have their say over £1.8m plans to reduce the death toll at a crossroads where two major roads meet near Selby.
- Police sealed off the traffic-light-controlled crossroads for more than two hours, causing tailbacks as rush-hour traffic was diverted.
- Police said the Citroën Saxo was travelling along the A19 towards Selby when the driver lost control and left the road on a humpbacked bridge next to the crossroads.
- There are no teachers to check on progress, and only a few mothers at some crossroads to oversee road crossing.
- Then he turned his horse towards the crossroads.
- He said they were also conducting a feasibility study into the possibility of replacing the crossroads with a full-sized roundabout.
- He then found himself lost and confused once again, as if on a path of winding roads and crossroads.
- At roundabouts, zebra crossings, crossroads and traffic lights, rear-end shunts can cause serious injury and, in some extreme cases, death.
- He analysed accidents at urban priority crossroads and staggered intersections.
- Many of the deaths have resulted from conflicts with local traffic at crossroads and junctions along the single carriageway sections.
- The junction involves a tight crossroads just north of a bridge over the River Aire.
- The report outlines that advance warning should be given to alert motorists that the crossroads is now a T-junction.
Synonyms
crossing, intersection, interchange, t-junction, box junction, gyratory
1. 1.1crossroadNorth American A road that crosses a main road or joins two main roads.
  Example sentencesExamples
  They came to another crossroad and making a quick turn they found themselves being led into a rocky cavern.
  They stood there watching the river run past, not even dampening the crossroad that lay beyond its borders.
  I turned toward the voice when I came to a crossroad at the footpath.
  Each one jogged down the road to the four-way crossroad.
  She did so, taking the shortest routes until they reached the end of a narrow street and emerged onto a wide crossroad.
  The support site was built above an ancient Roman crossroad.
  I live near the Four Lane Ends crossroad at the top of Shear Brow and daily around 8.30 am I see hundreds of cars pour into Blackburn with only one person in the car.
  As we returned from our journey we found them halfway down the hill, waiting patiently if anxiously for us at a crossroad in the path.
  I decided I better keep walking forward until I came to a crossroad.
  He chose to photograph a crossroad in Pretoria.
  There was grass on either side of the road, until they got down to the crossroad, the road split into three.
  As it approached the crossroad, a truck loaded with sugarcane pulled out, blocking the road.
  Rebecca pointed out her driveway beyond the next crossroad.
  Turning left as I came to a crossroad, I caught a glimpse of my parent's cosy home before going down the steep hill.
  At a crossroad he stopped on the corner and watched a carriage approach.
  Campaigners will meet at noon to make a ring around the clock at the crossroad of Regent Street and The Parade.
  They seem to end in odd places, for example, at the crossroad off the roundabout on Epsom Road.
  They approached the first crossroad and turned right, the road soon becoming smoother and wider as the trees started to thin.
  As he approached the crossroad again, he saw some men ran past him.
  As they turned right at a corner the road widened and a crossroad loomed out from the darkness, the same one they had passed that morning.
2A point at which a crucial decision must be made which will have far-reaching consequences.
by 1998 I was at the crossroads
Example sentencesExamples
- At the crossroads of a profound and complex political crisis, a new cabinet is finally formed.
- Well we're definitely at the crossroads.
- Thus, without a word of dialogue or a note of music, he has conveyed the change that this woman is about to undergo at the crossroads of her life.
- Her refusal to meet him after working hours sparks off a situation where she finds herself at the crossroads - shall I choose career or self-respect?
- But then there was a time when he found himself at the crossroads - mainstream cinema was not accepting him and his versatility was not finding any creative route to expression.
- To use a much cited cliche, we are at the crossroads.
- He saw journalism at a crossroads, and urged news directors to take the higher road.
- At age twenty four life really is at the crossroads.
- He has, through his music and work, been at the crossroads of all the major developments in Irish Traditional Music spanning the last three decades.
- Its amazing: I am at the crossroads of my life again.
- Last fall, when they were at the crossroads, he went to a conference for greenhouse growers in Arizona and returned with new ideas and techniques on raising tomatoes.
- He said that he believes that the industry is ‘at an important crossroads with our customers.’
- I think today our nation is at the crossroads where a serious reflection on the direction of our policies is a matter of uttermost urgency.
- With competition from regional clubs becoming stronger every year, they stand at the crossroads as they look to plot their path for a secure future.
- Logistics in the automotive industry is at a crossroads.
- There she sits in her car, at the crossroads of her life.
- American poetry is at something of a crossroads, and the roads leading there are jammed with traffic.
- Scotland's optoelectronics industry stands at the crossroads.
- It is now at the crossroads of its existence.
- Now he finds himself standing at the crossroads once again.
Synonyms
critical point, decisive point, turning point, critical period, crux, climax, climacteric, culmination, height, head, moment of truth, zero hour, point of no return, rubicon

Definition of crossroads in US English:

crossroads

nounˈkrɔsˌroʊdzˈkrôsˌrōdz

1An intersection of two or more roads.
Example sentencesExamples
- He said they were also conducting a feasibility study into the possibility of replacing the crossroads with a full-sized roundabout.
- The report outlines that advance warning should be given to alert motorists that the crossroads is now a T-junction.
- They followed the path and then road till its first crossroads.
- Police said the Citroën Saxo was travelling along the A19 towards Selby when the driver lost control and left the road on a humpbacked bridge next to the crossroads.
- After the bridge, follow the road to the right up to the crossroads with the main road.
- Other newcomers might recognise some of the crossroads and roundabouts I have found myself anxiously negotiating on the journey so far.
- At roundabouts, zebra crossings, crossroads and traffic lights, rear-end shunts can cause serious injury and, in some extreme cases, death.
- And the system doesn't always pick up on mini-roundabouts and crossroads where you need to go straight on and so doesn't give you any directions there.
- The ‘pinch points’ have been identified at major motorway junctions, congested dual carriageway roundabouts and crossroads.
- Then he turned his horse towards the crossroads.
- Villagers are to be given the chance to have their say over £1.8m plans to reduce the death toll at a crossroads where two major roads meet near Selby.
- Police sealed off the traffic-light-controlled crossroads for more than two hours, causing tailbacks as rush-hour traffic was diverted.
- He analysed accidents at urban priority crossroads and staggered intersections.
- The junction involves a tight crossroads just north of a bridge over the River Aire.
- He then found himself lost and confused once again, as if on a path of winding roads and crossroads.
- Ignore tracks to the left and right but keep to the main access road which bears right and climbs gradually to the lane crossroads.
- The pilot slammed on the brakes and came to a halt two thirds of the way down the runway, turned full circle and headed towards a crossroads in the tarmac.
- Many of the deaths have resulted from conflicts with local traffic at crossroads and junctions along the single carriageway sections.
- He says people dash out in front of traffic at the busy crossroads, impatient for the pedestrian green light to show.
- There are no teachers to check on progress, and only a few mothers at some crossroads to oversee road crossing.
Synonyms
crossing, intersection, interchange, t-junction, box junction, gyratory
1. 1.1 A point at which a crucial decision must be made that will have far-reaching consequences.
  we stand again at a historic crossroads
  Example sentencesExamples
  I think today our nation is at the crossroads where a serious reflection on the direction of our policies is a matter of uttermost urgency.
  At the crossroads of a profound and complex political crisis, a new cabinet is finally formed.
  It is now at the crossroads of its existence.
  Logistics in the automotive industry is at a crossroads.
  Its amazing: I am at the crossroads of my life again.
  Scotland's optoelectronics industry stands at the crossroads.
  Well we're definitely at the crossroads.
  There she sits in her car, at the crossroads of her life.
  He said that he believes that the industry is ‘at an important crossroads with our customers.’
  American poetry is at something of a crossroads, and the roads leading there are jammed with traffic.
  Last fall, when they were at the crossroads, he went to a conference for greenhouse growers in Arizona and returned with new ideas and techniques on raising tomatoes.
  Now he finds himself standing at the crossroads once again.
  To use a much cited cliche, we are at the crossroads.
  With competition from regional clubs becoming stronger every year, they stand at the crossroads as they look to plot their path for a secure future.
  But then there was a time when he found himself at the crossroads - mainstream cinema was not accepting him and his versatility was not finding any creative route to expression.
  At age twenty four life really is at the crossroads.
  Thus, without a word of dialogue or a note of music, he has conveyed the change that this woman is about to undergo at the crossroads of her life.
  He has, through his music and work, been at the crossroads of all the major developments in Irish Traditional Music spanning the last three decades.
  He saw journalism at a crossroads, and urged news directors to take the higher road.
  Her refusal to meet him after working hours sparks off a situation where she finds herself at the crossroads - shall I choose career or self-respect?
  Synonyms
  critical point, decisive point, turning point, critical period, crux, climax, climacteric, culmination, height, head, moment of truth, zero hour, point of no return, rubicon
2. 1.2crossroadNorth American A road that crosses a main road or joins two main roads.
  Example sentencesExamples
  As we returned from our journey we found them halfway down the hill, waiting patiently if anxiously for us at a crossroad in the path.
  They seem to end in odd places, for example, at the crossroad off the roundabout on Epsom Road.
  They stood there watching the river run past, not even dampening the crossroad that lay beyond its borders.
  As he approached the crossroad again, he saw some men ran past him.
  I decided I better keep walking forward until I came to a crossroad.
  Each one jogged down the road to the four-way crossroad.
  As it approached the crossroad, a truck loaded with sugarcane pulled out, blocking the road.
  The support site was built above an ancient Roman crossroad.
  Turning left as I came to a crossroad, I caught a glimpse of my parent's cosy home before going down the steep hill.
  I turned toward the voice when I came to a crossroad at the footpath.
  They came to another crossroad and making a quick turn they found themselves being led into a rocky cavern.
  I live near the Four Lane Ends crossroad at the top of Shear Brow and daily around 8.30 am I see hundreds of cars pour into Blackburn with only one person in the car.
  Rebecca pointed out her driveway beyond the next crossroad.
  As they turned right at a corner the road widened and a crossroad loomed out from the darkness, the same one they had passed that morning.
  They approached the first crossroad and turned right, the road soon becoming smoother and wider as the trees started to thin.
  He chose to photograph a crossroad in Pretoria.
  She did so, taking the shortest routes until they reached the end of a narrow street and emerged onto a wide crossroad.
  Campaigners will meet at noon to make a ring around the clock at the crossroad of Regent Street and The Parade.
  There was grass on either side of the road, until they got down to the crossroad, the road split into three.
  At a crossroad he stopped on the corner and watched a carriage approach.

单词	crossroads
释义	Definition of crossroads in English: crossroads nounˈkrɒsrəʊdzˈkrɔsˌroʊdz 1An intersection of two or more roads. Donna accelerated, seeing a crossroads ahead the jeep sped on towards the crossroads Example sentencesExamples And the system doesn't always pick up on mini-roundabouts and crossroads where you need to go straight on and so doesn't give you any directions there. The ‘pinch points’ have been identified at major motorway junctions, congested dual carriageway roundabouts and crossroads. After the bridge, follow the road to the right up to the crossroads with the main road. The pilot slammed on the brakes and came to a halt two thirds of the way down the runway, turned full circle and headed towards a crossroads in the tarmac. Ignore tracks to the left and right but keep to the main access road which bears right and climbs gradually to the lane crossroads. Other newcomers might recognise some of the crossroads and roundabouts I have found myself anxiously negotiating on the journey so far. They followed the path and then road till its first crossroads. He says people dash out in front of traffic at the busy crossroads, impatient for the pedestrian green light to show. Villagers are to be given the chance to have their say over £1.8m plans to reduce the death toll at a crossroads where two major roads meet near Selby. Police sealed off the traffic-light-controlled crossroads for more than two hours, causing tailbacks as rush-hour traffic was diverted. Police said the Citroën Saxo was travelling along the A19 towards Selby when the driver lost control and left the road on a humpbacked bridge next to the crossroads. There are no teachers to check on progress, and only a few mothers at some crossroads to oversee road crossing. Then he turned his horse towards the crossroads. He said they were also conducting a feasibility study into the possibility of replacing the crossroads with a full-sized roundabout. He then found himself lost and confused once again, as if on a path of winding roads and crossroads. At roundabouts, zebra crossings, crossroads and traffic lights, rear-end shunts can cause serious injury and, in some extreme cases, death. He analysed accidents at urban priority crossroads and staggered intersections. Many of the deaths have resulted from conflicts with local traffic at crossroads and junctions along the single carriageway sections. The junction involves a tight crossroads just north of a bridge over the River Aire. The report outlines that advance warning should be given to alert motorists that the crossroads is now a T-junction. Synonyms crossing, intersection, interchange, t-junction, box junction, gyratory 1.1crossroadNorth American A road that crosses a main road or joins two main roads. Example sentencesExamples They came to another crossroad and making a quick turn they found themselves being led into a rocky cavern. They stood there watching the river run past, not even dampening the crossroad that lay beyond its borders. I turned toward the voice when I came to a crossroad at the footpath. Each one jogged down the road to the four-way crossroad. She did so, taking the shortest routes until they reached the end of a narrow street and emerged onto a wide crossroad. The support site was built above an ancient Roman crossroad. I live near the Four Lane Ends crossroad at the top of Shear Brow and daily around 8.30 am I see hundreds of cars pour into Blackburn with only one person in the car. As we returned from our journey we found them halfway down the hill, waiting patiently if anxiously for us at a crossroad in the path. I decided I better keep walking forward until I came to a crossroad. He chose to photograph a crossroad in Pretoria. There was grass on either side of the road, until they got down to the crossroad, the road split into three. As it approached the crossroad, a truck loaded with sugarcane pulled out, blocking the road. Rebecca pointed out her driveway beyond the next crossroad. Turning left as I came to a crossroad, I caught a glimpse of my parent's cosy home before going down the steep hill. At a crossroad he stopped on the corner and watched a carriage approach. Campaigners will meet at noon to make a ring around the clock at the crossroad of Regent Street and The Parade. They seem to end in odd places, for example, at the crossroad off the roundabout on Epsom Road. They approached the first crossroad and turned right, the road soon becoming smoother and wider as the trees started to thin. As he approached the crossroad again, he saw some men ran past him. As they turned right at a corner the road widened and a crossroad loomed out from the darkness, the same one they had passed that morning. 2A point at which a crucial decision must be made which will have far-reaching consequences. by 1998 I was at the crossroads Example sentencesExamples At the crossroads of a profound and complex political crisis, a new cabinet is finally formed. Well we're definitely at the crossroads. Thus, without a word of dialogue or a note of music, he has conveyed the change that this woman is about to undergo at the crossroads of her life. Her refusal to meet him after working hours sparks off a situation where she finds herself at the crossroads - shall I choose career or self-respect? But then there was a time when he found himself at the crossroads - mainstream cinema was not accepting him and his versatility was not finding any creative route to expression. To use a much cited cliche, we are at the crossroads. He saw journalism at a crossroads, and urged news directors to take the higher road. At age twenty four life really is at the crossroads. He has, through his music and work, been at the crossroads of all the major developments in Irish Traditional Music spanning the last three decades. Its amazing: I am at the crossroads of my life again. Last fall, when they were at the crossroads, he went to a conference for greenhouse growers in Arizona and returned with new ideas and techniques on raising tomatoes. He said that he believes that the industry is ‘at an important crossroads with our customers.’ I think today our nation is at the crossroads where a serious reflection on the direction of our policies is a matter of uttermost urgency. With competition from regional clubs becoming stronger every year, they stand at the crossroads as they look to plot their path for a secure future. Logistics in the automotive industry is at a crossroads. There she sits in her car, at the crossroads of her life. American poetry is at something of a crossroads, and the roads leading there are jammed with traffic. Scotland's optoelectronics industry stands at the crossroads. It is now at the crossroads of its existence. Now he finds himself standing at the crossroads once again. Synonyms critical point, decisive point, turning point, critical period, crux, climax, climacteric, culmination, height, head, moment of truth, zero hour, point of no return, rubicon Definition of crossroads in US English: crossroads nounˈkrɔsˌroʊdzˈkrôsˌrōdz 1An intersection of two or more roads. Example sentencesExamples He said they were also conducting a feasibility study into the possibility of replacing the crossroads with a full-sized roundabout. The report outlines that advance warning should be given to alert motorists that the crossroads is now a T-junction. They followed the path and then road till its first crossroads. Police said the Citroën Saxo was travelling along the A19 towards Selby when the driver lost control and left the road on a humpbacked bridge next to the crossroads. After the bridge, follow the road to the right up to the crossroads with the main road. Other newcomers might recognise some of the crossroads and roundabouts I have found myself anxiously negotiating on the journey so far. At roundabouts, zebra crossings, crossroads and traffic lights, rear-end shunts can cause serious injury and, in some extreme cases, death. And the system doesn't always pick up on mini-roundabouts and crossroads where you need to go straight on and so doesn't give you any directions there. The ‘pinch points’ have been identified at major motorway junctions, congested dual carriageway roundabouts and crossroads. Then he turned his horse towards the crossroads. Villagers are to be given the chance to have their say over £1.8m plans to reduce the death toll at a crossroads where two major roads meet near Selby. Police sealed off the traffic-light-controlled crossroads for more than two hours, causing tailbacks as rush-hour traffic was diverted. He analysed accidents at urban priority crossroads and staggered intersections. The junction involves a tight crossroads just north of a bridge over the River Aire. He then found himself lost and confused once again, as if on a path of winding roads and crossroads. Ignore tracks to the left and right but keep to the main access road which bears right and climbs gradually to the lane crossroads. The pilot slammed on the brakes and came to a halt two thirds of the way down the runway, turned full circle and headed towards a crossroads in the tarmac. Many of the deaths have resulted from conflicts with local traffic at crossroads and junctions along the single carriageway sections. He says people dash out in front of traffic at the busy crossroads, impatient for the pedestrian green light to show. There are no teachers to check on progress, and only a few mothers at some crossroads to oversee road crossing. Synonyms crossing, intersection, interchange, t-junction, box junction, gyratory 1.1 A point at which a crucial decision must be made that will have far-reaching consequences. we stand again at a historic crossroads Example sentencesExamples I think today our nation is at the crossroads where a serious reflection on the direction of our policies is a matter of uttermost urgency. At the crossroads of a profound and complex political crisis, a new cabinet is finally formed. It is now at the crossroads of its existence. Logistics in the automotive industry is at a crossroads. Its amazing: I am at the crossroads of my life again. Scotland's optoelectronics industry stands at the crossroads. Well we're definitely at the crossroads. There she sits in her car, at the crossroads of her life. He said that he believes that the industry is ‘at an important crossroads with our customers.’ American poetry is at something of a crossroads, and the roads leading there are jammed with traffic. Last fall, when they were at the crossroads, he went to a conference for greenhouse growers in Arizona and returned with new ideas and techniques on raising tomatoes. Now he finds himself standing at the crossroads once again. To use a much cited cliche, we are at the crossroads. With competition from regional clubs becoming stronger every year, they stand at the crossroads as they look to plot their path for a secure future. But then there was a time when he found himself at the crossroads - mainstream cinema was not accepting him and his versatility was not finding any creative route to expression. At age twenty four life really is at the crossroads. Thus, without a word of dialogue or a note of music, he has conveyed the change that this woman is about to undergo at the crossroads of her life. He has, through his music and work, been at the crossroads of all the major developments in Irish Traditional Music spanning the last three decades. He saw journalism at a crossroads, and urged news directors to take the higher road. Her refusal to meet him after working hours sparks off a situation where she finds herself at the crossroads - shall I choose career or self-respect? Synonyms critical point, decisive point, turning point, critical period, crux, climax, climacteric, culmination, height, head, moment of truth, zero hour, point of no return, rubicon 1.2crossroadNorth American A road that crosses a main road or joins two main roads. Example sentencesExamples As we returned from our journey we found them halfway down the hill, waiting patiently if anxiously for us at a crossroad in the path. They seem to end in odd places, for example, at the crossroad off the roundabout on Epsom Road. They stood there watching the river run past, not even dampening the crossroad that lay beyond its borders. As he approached the crossroad again, he saw some men ran past him. I decided I better keep walking forward until I came to a crossroad. Each one jogged down the road to the four-way crossroad. As it approached the crossroad, a truck loaded with sugarcane pulled out, blocking the road. The support site was built above an ancient Roman crossroad. Turning left as I came to a crossroad, I caught a glimpse of my parent's cosy home before going down the steep hill. I turned toward the voice when I came to a crossroad at the footpath. They came to another crossroad and making a quick turn they found themselves being led into a rocky cavern. I live near the Four Lane Ends crossroad at the top of Shear Brow and daily around 8.30 am I see hundreds of cars pour into Blackburn with only one person in the car. Rebecca pointed out her driveway beyond the next crossroad. As they turned right at a corner the road widened and a crossroad loomed out from the darkness, the same one they had passed that morning. They approached the first crossroad and turned right, the road soon becoming smoother and wider as the trees started to thin. He chose to photograph a crossroad in Pretoria. She did so, taking the shortest routes until they reached the end of a narrow street and emerged onto a wide crossroad. Campaigners will meet at noon to make a ring around the clock at the crossroad of Regent Street and The Parade. There was grass on either side of the road, until they got down to the crossroad, the road split into three. At a crossroad he stopped on the corner and watched a carriage approach.
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