cross
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they cross | |
he / she / it crosses | |
past simple crossed | |
past participle crossed | |
-ing form crossing |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to go across; to pass or stretch from one side to the other 穿越;越過;橫過;渡過 As soon as traffic slowed down enough to safely cross, I started walking. 一旦交通減速到足以安全通過,我就開始步行。 - cross over
I waved and she crossed over (= crossed the road towards me). 我揮了揮手,她便橫穿馬路朝我走來。 - cross (over) from …
He crossed over from the other side of the road. 他從馬路的另一邊穿了過來。 - cross (over) from… to/into…
We crossed from Dover to Calais. 我們從多佛爾橫渡到加來。 - cross (over) to/into…
She crossed to the other side of the room. 她走到房間的另一邊。 - cross something
to cross the road/street 穿過馬路/街道 to cross the sea/mountains 越過大海;翻越高山 to cross France by train 乘火車穿越法國 The bridge crosses the River Dee. 這座橋橫跨迪河。 He was caught trying to cross the border illegally. 他試圖非法越境時被抓獲。 More than 150 000 people crossed the bridge that day. 那天超過15萬人過橋。 A look of annoyance crossed her face. 惱怒的神色從她臉上掠過。 They crossed the finishing line together (= in a race). 他們同時越過終點線。 - cross over something
He crossed over the road and joined me. 他穿過馬路和我會合。
Extra ExamplesChildren must be taught to cross the road safely. 必須教會孩子安全過馬路。 Let's cross over now while the road is clear. 路上沒車了,現在我們過馬路吧。 They crossed from the States into Canada. 他們從美國跨境進入加拿大。 They were arrested trying to cross the border. 他們在試圖穿越邊境時被逮捕了。 We crossed over the river into Sweden. 我們渡河到了瑞典。 A bridge crosses the river a few miles upstream. 一座橋在上遊幾英裏處橫跨此河。 It was the first time she had crossed the Atlantic. 這是她第一次橫越大西洋。 The ferry crosses from Portsmouth to Santander. 渡船從樸次茅斯橫渡至桑坦德。 They crossed the mountains into Spain. 他們越過山脈進入西班牙。 You have to be really careful crossing the road here. 在這裏過馬路你必須非常小心。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- slowly
- safely
- …
- try to
- from
- into
- over
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- [intransitive, transitive]
to pass across each other 交叉;相交 The roads cross just outside the town. 這些道路正好在城外交叉。 - cross over
The straps cross over at the back and are tied at the waist. 帶子在背後交叉,然後系在腰部。
Extra Examples - [transitive] cross something
to put or place something across or over something else 使交叉;使交疊 - [transitive] cross somebody
to oppose somebody or speak against them or their plans or wishes 反對,反駁,否定(某人或計劃、意願) - [transitive] cross A with B | cross A and B
to make two different types of animal breed (= produce young) together; to mix two types of plant to form a new one 使雜交;使異種交配 A mule is the product of a horse crossed with a donkey. 騾是馬和驢雜交的産物。 - (figurative)
He behaved like an army officer crossed with a professor. 他的舉止既像軍官又像教授。
- [intransitive, transitive]
(in football (soccer) or hockey )足球或曲棍球 to kick or pass a ball to the side across the field 橫傳 Sissoko crossed from the left. 西索科左路傳中。 - cross something
He could not get to the line to cross the ball. 他沒能跑到底線去傳球。
- [transitive] cross something
to draw a line across something 畫橫線於 to cross your t’s (= the letters in writing) 寫 t 上面的一橫
- [transitive] cross yourself
to make the sign of the cross (= the Christian symbol) on your chest (在胸口上)畫十字聖號
go/put across穿越;使交叉
oppose反對
mix animals/plants雜交
in sport體育運動
draw line畫線
make Christian symbol做基督教的標記
Idioms
cross a/the line
to do something that is not considered to be acceptable behaviour 穿越;越過;橫過;渡過 He crossed the line by making details of their very private conversation public. 他把他們非常私人的談話細節公之於衆,這是越界了。
cross your fingers
to hope that your plans will be successful (sometimes putting one finger across another as a sign of hoping for good luck) 祈求成功(有時使手指交叉爲祈求好運的手勢) I'm crossing my fingers that my proposal will be accepted. 但願我的建議能被采納。 Keep your fingers crossed! 祈求好運吧!
cross my heart (and hope to die)
cross your mind
(of thoughts, etc. )想法等 to come into your mind synonym occur to somebody掠過心頭;出現在腦海 It never crossed my mind that she might lose (= I was sure that she would win). 我從來沒想過她會失敗。 The thought never crossed my mind! 我一點兒都沒想到過這個!
cross somebody’s palm with silver
to give somebody money so that they will do you a favour, especially tell your fortune 爲得到好處而給某人錢;(尤指)付錢請人算命
cross somebody’s path | people’s paths cross
cross swords (with somebody)
to fight or argue with somebody Topics Opinion and argumentc2(與某人)交鋒,爭論
cross that bridge when you come to it
to worry about a problem when it actually happens and not before 臨機應變(不用事前操心)
dot your i’s and cross your t’s
to pay attention to the small details when you are finishing a task (完成任務時)一絲不苟,注重細節
get your wires crossed
- (informal)
to become confused about what somebody has said to you so that you think they meant something else 誤會(别人的意思) We seem to have got our wires crossed. I thought you were coming on Tuesday. 我們似乎搞錯了。我以爲你星期二會來。