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单词 cloverleaf
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Definition of cloverleaf in English:

cloverleaf

nounˈkləʊvəliːfˈkloʊvərˌlif
  • 1A shape or pattern resembling a leaf of clover.

    as modifier cloverleaf rolls
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The 22 genes were identified by their cloverleaf secondary structures and anticodon sequences.
    • A rider races her horse in a cloverleaf pattern or figure eight around barrels, then races home.
    • The facial bones are small with a large calvarium and cloverleaf deformity of skull may be present.
    • Her Pesto Rolls evolved from a cloverleaf roll recipe passed on from her great-grandmother.
    • A scalloped, cloverleaf shape lends plenty of character to this Charlestown Square table.
    • Riders enter the arena at full speed, triggering the clock to start and rounding the barrels in a cloverleaf pattern.
    • It's a cloverleaf fountain and it looks like three stone bedpans.
    • Other loaves are made in a cloverleaf shape said to symbolize the Trinity.
    • Exact locations were found at the boundaries of the genes by searching for sequences capable of forming the cloverleaf structure typical of these molecules.
    • The three groups of rooms are arranged in a cloverleaf design, with each group of rooms representing one ‘leaf.’
    1. 1.1North American A junction of roads intersecting at different levels with connecting sections forming the pattern of a four-leaved clover.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The city administration is assessing the possible impact on traffic flow of a proposed shopping mall to be built near the cloverleaf in the town centre.
      • In the center of it all was a cloverleaf intersection, with ramps running up and down from Highway 8.
      • When the fuel crisis was at its worst there was the very real possibility that there would be thousands and thousands of abandoned cars on motorway flyovers and cloverleaf intersections.
      • Getting between the two is like trying to get onto a freeway from an old cloverleaf junction - there's not enough of an acceleration lane.
      • The City Council had a self-imposed one-year deadline for rebuilding the shattered cloverleaf.
      • It is surrounded by cloverleaf freeways, which have literally been imposed on top of a village.
      • At least a dozen students and other citizens were killed during separate demonstrations near the cloverleaf.
      • The cloverleaf where Interstate 10 meets the causeway became a kind of crude sorting place.
      • Eventually we found the exit and climbed a steep, suburban street into some hills, rising above the great cloverleaf of the freeway into a development of newly built houses.
      • Because of the difficulty in negotiating the mechanical and human debris that littered the road, it took him well over an hour to reach the cloverleaf that would take him onto the road to the lake.
      • With the cloverleaf now an inferno, soldiers dove for cover or ran for their vehicles.
      Synonyms
      crossroads, crossing, intersection, interchange, t-junction, box junction, gyratory
 
 

Definition of cloverleaf in US English:

cloverleaf

nounˈkloʊvərˌlifˈklōvərˌlēf
  • 1A shape or pattern resembling a leaf of clover.

    as modifier cloverleaf rolls
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Exact locations were found at the boundaries of the genes by searching for sequences capable of forming the cloverleaf structure typical of these molecules.
    • Other loaves are made in a cloverleaf shape said to symbolize the Trinity.
    • A scalloped, cloverleaf shape lends plenty of character to this Charlestown Square table.
    • The 22 genes were identified by their cloverleaf secondary structures and anticodon sequences.
    • Her Pesto Rolls evolved from a cloverleaf roll recipe passed on from her great-grandmother.
    • The facial bones are small with a large calvarium and cloverleaf deformity of skull may be present.
    • Riders enter the arena at full speed, triggering the clock to start and rounding the barrels in a cloverleaf pattern.
    • A rider races her horse in a cloverleaf pattern or figure eight around barrels, then races home.
    • The three groups of rooms are arranged in a cloverleaf design, with each group of rooms representing one ‘leaf.’
    • It's a cloverleaf fountain and it looks like three stone bedpans.
    1. 1.1North American A junction of roads intersecting at different levels with connecting sections forming the pattern of a four-leaf clover.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the center of it all was a cloverleaf intersection, with ramps running up and down from Highway 8.
      • The cloverleaf where Interstate 10 meets the causeway became a kind of crude sorting place.
      • Eventually we found the exit and climbed a steep, suburban street into some hills, rising above the great cloverleaf of the freeway into a development of newly built houses.
      • The city administration is assessing the possible impact on traffic flow of a proposed shopping mall to be built near the cloverleaf in the town centre.
      • It is surrounded by cloverleaf freeways, which have literally been imposed on top of a village.
      • Because of the difficulty in negotiating the mechanical and human debris that littered the road, it took him well over an hour to reach the cloverleaf that would take him onto the road to the lake.
      • Getting between the two is like trying to get onto a freeway from an old cloverleaf junction - there's not enough of an acceleration lane.
      • With the cloverleaf now an inferno, soldiers dove for cover or ran for their vehicles.
      • The City Council had a self-imposed one-year deadline for rebuilding the shattered cloverleaf.
      • At least a dozen students and other citizens were killed during separate demonstrations near the cloverleaf.
      • When the fuel crisis was at its worst there was the very real possibility that there would be thousands and thousands of abandoned cars on motorway flyovers and cloverleaf intersections.
      Synonyms
      crossroads, crossing, intersection, interchange, t-junction, box junction, gyratory
 
 
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