| 单词 | cross |
| 释义 | cross (once / 46 pages) 1nvadj 2n 3vn 4v 5adj When you cross something, you travel over it — like when you cross the street, after looking both ways and using the crosswalk, of course. A commercial pilot might cross the continent several times a week, and a boy might cross several back yards on his way to school. Another kind of cross is a written mark, an upended X on a piece of paper. There's also the adjective cross, which describes someone who is extremely cranky. The Latin root word crux means "stake or cross," but its figurative meaning, "trouble or misery," is related to to traditional use of wooden crosses to hang criminals. WORD FAMILYcross: crossed, crosser, crossest, crossing, crossly, crossness, uncross+/crossed: intercrossed/crossing: crossings, overcrossing/uncross: uncrossed, uncrosses, uncrossing USAGE EXAMPLESThe group described Turkey as “the servant of the cross.” Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Nintendo is planning mobile versions of its popular “Fire Emblem” and “Animal Crossing” games. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Carsten Kammlott celebrates in jubilation, astounded at what he’s just done, after impeccably meeting a cross from the right flank. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a marking that consists of lines that cross each other Syn|Hyper crisscross, mark marking a pattern of marks 2n a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece Hyper construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 3v travel across or pass over Syn|Hypo|Hyper cover, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse tramp cross on foot stridecover or traverse by taking long steps walktraverse or cover by walking crisscrosscross in a pattern, often random fordcross a river where it's shallow bridgecross over on a bridge jaywalkcross the road at a red light drive, takeproceed along in a vehicle coursemove swiftly through or over hoptraverse as if by a short airplane trip go across, go through, pass go across or through 4v trace a line through or across cross your `t' Hyper write mark or trace on a surface 5v meet at a point Syn|Hypo|Hyper intersect decussate cross or intersect so as to form a cross come across, encounter, meet, run across, run into, see come together 6v meet and pass the trains crossed Hypo|Hyper decussate cross or intersect so as to form a cross intersect meet at a point 7v fold so as to resemble a cross she crossed her legs Ant|Hyper uncross change from a crossed to an uncrossed position fold, fold up, turn up bend or lay so that one part covers the other 8v to cover or extend over an area or time period Syn|Hyper span, sweep, traverse continue, cover, extend span an interval of distance, space or time 9adj extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis 2cross members should be all steel Syn thwartwise, transversal, transverse crosswise lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction n any affliction that causes great suffering 3that is his cross to bear Syn|Hyper crown of thorns affliction a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity 1v breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties cross a horse and a donkey Syn|Hypo|Hyper crossbreed, hybridise, hybridize, interbreed backcross mate a hybrid of the first generation with one of its parents breed cause to procreate (animals) 2n (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids Syn|Hypo|Hyper crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding dihybrid cross hybridization using two traits with two alleles each monohybrid crosshybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) reciprocal, reciprocal crosshybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype test-cross, testcrossa cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes 3n (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species 4a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey Syn|Hypo|Hyper crossbreed, hybrid dihybrid a hybrid produced by parents that differ only at two gene loci that have two alleles each monohybrida hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) being, organism a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 5Syn|Hypo|Hyper baffle, bilk, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart disappoint, let down fail to meet the hopes or expectations of dashdestroy or break short-circuithamper the progress of; impede ruindestroy or cause to fail betray, faildisappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake come short, fall shortfail to meet (expectations or standards) disenchant, disillusionfree from enchantment undocause the ruin or downfall of breakcause the failure or ruin of shipwreckruin utterly forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible adj annoyed and irritable Syn bad-tempered, crabbed, crabby, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition Cross (once / 502 pages) n WORD FAMILY Cross: Crosses USAGE EXAMPLESAfter Klein graduated from Holy Cross Leo High School, he decided to attend Cedar Rapids Barber School through a classmate who chose the profession. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) His “Arbor Series,” at Cross MacKenzie Gallery, includes views of silhouetted pines, their branches and needles often divided among multiple frames. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Four minutes into the game, Pettey caught up with a Holy Cross forward, won the puck and quickly spun around toward her attacking zone. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) n a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry Hypo|Hyper Calvary cross, cross of Calvary a Latin cross set on three steps Celtic crossa Latin cross with a ring surrounding the intersection crucifix, rood, rood-treerepresentation of the cross on which Jesus died Greek crossa cross with each of the four arms the same length Jerusalem crossa cross with equal arms, each terminating in a small crossbar Latin crossa cross with the lowest arm being longer than the others Lorraine cross, cross of Lorrainea cross with two crossbars, one above and one below the midpoint of the vertical, the lower longer than the upper Maltese crossa cross with triangular or arrow-shaped arms and the points toward the center papal crossa cross with three crossbars patriarchal crossa cross with two crossbars St. Andrew's cross, saltirea cross resembling the letter x, with diagonal bars of equal length St. Anthony's cross, tau crosscross resembling the Greek letter tau emblem special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. |
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