cross-

短语

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别名

x-

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines.

    e.g. crossbody, crossbuck, cross-stitch

  2. 2.

    Perpendicular in angle; transverse.

    e.g. crossbedding, crossband, crossmember

    . See visuals for difference between crossband and crossbuck.

  3. 3.

    Moving from one side to the other; across.

    e.g. crossfield, cross-city. When used for a rectangular space, this movement is typically diagonal, such as in crossbelt and crosscourt.

  4. 4.

    Moving from one side to the other; across.

    Moving from one track or state to another.

    比喻

    e.g. crossfeed as the process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording, crossfader, cross-link

  5. 5.

    Moving from one side to the other; across.

    On the opposite side of.

    e.g. crosstown, cross-cousin, cross-ratio

  6. 6.

    Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary.

    e.g. crossflow, cross-beat, cross-vote

  7. 7.

    Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming an H-shaped structure.

    e.g. cross-passage, cross-tunnel, crossfire

  8. 8.

    More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.

    e.g. crosslingual, cross-browser, crossfunctional, cross-cultural

  9. 9.

    More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.

    Involving two or more at the same time; coincident.

    e.g. crossbreak, crosspost, crosscurrent

  10. 10.

    More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.

    Comparing two sources of information, often to verify their contents.

    e.g. crossdate, crossvalidated, crosscovariance

  11. 11.

    More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate.

    To combine two entities to create a hybrid.

    e.g. crossbreed, cross-pollinate, crosslinear

  12. 12.

    Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are affected in the same way. Mutuality.

    e.g. crosstalk, crossrepression, crosscalibration, cross-progress

  13. 13.

    One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to transfer of one property from one entity to the other.

    e.g. crossregulation, crossfeed, crossprotection

    To crossfeed as to supply one fuel tank of an aircraft with fuel from another. To crossregulate is when one metabolic pathway is regulated by the enzymes in another pathway. These are one-way influences, whereas the previous sense of mutuality has symmetric two-way influences; e.g. crossrepression is mutual repression of interacting systems.

  14. 14.

    Alternate, different.

    e.g. cross-tune, cross-birth, cross-live

词源

From Middle English cros-, crosse- (“relating to a cross, forming a cross, in the shape of a cross or x”), from the noun (see cross) and also from across.

来源:wiktionary