crossing

noun

1. （通过道路、河流等的）安全通行处；人行横道；渡口；（从一国到另一国的）过境处
   a place where you can safely cross a road, a river, etc., or from one country to another
   1. The child was killed when a car failed to stop at the crossing.
      汽车在人行横道线未能停车，结果把小孩撞死了。
   2. The next crossing point is a long way downstream.
      下一个渡口在下游方向很远的地方。
   3. He was arrested by guards at the border crossing.
      他在边境过境处被卫兵逮捕。
2. （线的）交叉点；（道路的）十字路口；（轨道的）交叉道口
   a place where two lines, two roads or two tracks cross
3. （海洋或宽阔江河的）横渡
   a journey across a sea or a wide river
   1. a three-hour ferry crossing
      三小时的轮渡
   2. a rough crossing from Dover to Calais
      从多佛尔到加来波涛汹涌的横渡
   3. the first Atlantic crossing
      首次横渡大西洋
4. 穿越；横越
   an act of going from one side to another
   1. attempted crossings of the border
      穿越边境未遂

1. N-COUNT 横渡
   A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
   1. He made the crossing from Cape Town to Sydney in just over twenty-six days...
      他在短短26天内从开普敦横渡到悉尼。
   2. The vessel docked in Swansea after a ten-hour crossing.
      轮船在横渡10个小时后停泊在了斯旺西。
2. (道路的)十字路口;(线的)交叉点
   A crossing is a place where two roads, paths, or lines cross.
3. N-COUNT 同 pedestrian crossing
   A crossing is the same as a pedestrian crossing .
   1. A car hit her on a crossing.
      一辆汽车在人行横道上撞了她。

in AM, use 美国英语用 crosswalk


4. See also: pelican crossing zebra crossing
5. 同 grade crossing 或 level crossing
   A crossing is the same as a grade crossing or a level crossing .

1. They were cut off from the West in 1948 when their government closed that border crossing.
   1948年政府关闭那个边境关口之后，他们便与西方国家隔绝开了。
2. They have enough trouble finding nutritious food without crossing meat off their shopping lists.
   不把肉从他们的购物单中画掉，他们就很难买到有营养的食物。
3. He made the crossing from Cape Town to Sydney in just over twenty-six days
   他在短短26天内从开普敦横渡到悉尼。
4. The vessel docked in Swansea after a ten-hour crossing.
   轮船在横渡10个小时后停泊在了斯旺西。
5. A car hit her on a crossing.
   一辆汽车在人行横道上撞了她。
6. She was mown down on a pedestrian crossing
   她在人行横道上被撞死了。
7. The wide track narrows before crossing another stream.
   宽宽的小径在穿过另一条小溪前逐渐收窄。
8. Our reporter spent the night crossing the border from Austria into Slovenia
   我们的记者用了一夜时间，穿过奥地利边境进入斯洛文尼亚。
9. He was knocked down on a pedestrian crossing.
   他在人行横道上被撞倒。
10. A young girl and her little brother were seriously hurt when a car ploughed into them on a crossing.
    一个小姑娘和她的弟弟在十字路口被车撞成了重伤。
11. One evening, crossing a small creek, he pulled the car off the road.
    一天傍晚，他驶过一条小溪后把车停在了路边。
12. The field trip involved crossing a raging torrent.
    实地考察时要穿过一条水流湍急的河。
13. Today at the crossing there were swarms of tourists taking photographs.
    今天在十字路口有大群的游客在拍照。
14. With him at the helm, we are a hundred percent safe crossing these treacherous rapids.
    由他掌舵，通过这段激流险滩是万无一失的。
15. Look about you before crossing the street.
    穿马路前要看清来往车辆。
16. We had a rough crossing from Japan to china.
    我们顶着险风恶浪从日本横渡到中国。
17. White tines mark the crossing.
    白线标出人行横道。
18. My hat blew off while I was crossing the bridge.
    我正过桥时，帽子吹掉了。
19. The Red Army then made a forced crossing of the Dadu river.
    这时红军强渡了大渡河。
20. My foot caught in a loose plank on the bridge while I was crossing.
    我过河时脚被桥上一块松动的木板夹住了。
21. Stop here and gas up before crossing the desert.
    通过沙漠前要在这儿加油。
22. There will be first crossing ceremony next month when the bridge is completed.
    大桥下月竣工，届时将举行通车典礼。
23. The oil painting depicts up the grand scene of the Red Army crossing the snow-capped mountains.
    油画再现了红军过雪山的雄伟场面。
24. There are traffic lights at each crossing.
    每个十字路口都有红绿灯。
25. Before crossing the road, you should have a look at both ways.
    过马路之前，你应该看看路的两边。
26. But when they cross a busy road using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up.
    但是当他们通过斑马线过繁华的马路时，交通就被阻碍了。
27. I'm crossing lines here.
    我可是超越了底线了。
28. At last, he succeeds in crossing the river.
    最后，他成功地渡过了河。
29. Crossing the road together with others to.
    过马路要和别人一起过。
30. They are crossing ruff now.
    他们现在在交叉将吃了。

noun

1. traveling across

2. a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)

3. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

   Synonym:    hybridizationhybridisationcrossbreedingcrossinterbreedinghybridizing

4. a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other

   Synonym:    crosswalkcrossover

5. a junction where one street or road crosses another

   Synonym:    intersectioncrossroadcrosswaycarrefour

6. a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect

7. a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

   Synonym:    ford