词汇 | crisscross |
释义 | crisscross verb[ I/T ] us/ˈkrɪsˌkrɔs/ to move or exist in a pattern of crossing lines: [ T ]From the air, we saw highways crisscrossing the farmland below. Examples of crisscrosscrisscross Its features were named; the paths and trails that crisscrossed it were memorized. Large canal irrigation systems crisscrossed and broke up grazing grounds and converted some of them into cultivable land. The district is hilly and forested and crisscrossed by numerous slow-flowing streams and rivers. Creatures of colonialism, the boundaries crisscrossing the continent have already left a sufficiently indelible mark. In this discussion, lyric epiphany is explicated along two tracks that crisscross and head toward the same point. Ambiguity about these matters shows the degree to which my deepest loyalties crisscross over the contrasting terrain of a variety of partially incommensurable moral communities. His map extends along two survey transects, one east-west, one nor th-south, that crisscross the ancient city. Because these posts grow rapidly in height and trunk diameter and produce moderately foliated crowns, single mature rows of these live fences resemble corridors of vegetation crisscrossing the pasture lands. Her airless room had no windows, it stank of the insecticide that was used in a losing battle to control the roaches, and its ceiling was crisscrossed with sweating pipes. They have been crisscrossing this crusade until the pattern has completely disappeared. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are crisscrossing and working themselves to death in a climate in which it is difficult to work, and what is the ultimate result? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that is the vital question, quite apart from this crisscross argument whether one party or another voted for or against the means test. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a continual crisscross of movement of electricity at different times of day and to meet different conditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 While, of course, the concentration is higher in towns and along main roads, it is also present in rural areas, crisscrossed as they are with roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The hinterlands are criss-crossed by logging roads and most of the plateaus are already developed agricultural lands. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of crisscross These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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