intersection

• n. 交叉；十字路口；交集；交叉點

來自intersect,交叉，橫穿。

intersection (n.)

"act or fact of crossing," 1550s, from Middle French intersection (14c.) and directly from Latin intersectionem (nominative intersectio) "a cutting asunder, intersection," noun of action from past participle stem of intersecare "intersect, cut asunder," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + secare "to cut" (see section). Originally a term in geometry; meaning "crossroads" is from 1864.

1. The policeman regulated traffic at the intersection.

警察在交叉路口指揮交通.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The car stopped at a street intersection.

這輛車停在十字路口.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. There is a stop sign at an intersection.

在交叉路口處有停車標誌.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.

橋用來避免鐵路和公路直接交叉.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Richard took the truck across the intersection heading north.

理查德把車開過交叉路口向北駛去.

來自英漢文學 - 廊橋遺夢