单词 | criss-cross |
释义 | criss-cross (krɪs krɒs, US - krɔːs) also crisscross Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense criss-crosses, present participle criss-crossing, past tense, past participle criss-crossed 1. verb If a person or thing criss-crosses an area, they travel from one side to the other and back again many times, following different routes. If a number of things criss-cross an area, they cross it, and cross over each other. They criss-crossed the country by bus. [VERB noun] Telephone wires criss-cross the street. [VERB noun] 2. verb If two sets of lines or things criss-cross, they cross over each other. Wires criss-cross between the tops of the poles, forming a grid. [VERB] The roads criss-cross one another in a fashion that at times defies logic. [VERB noun] ...a complicated labyrinth of criss-crossing paths. [VERB-ing] Support rows of beans with criss-crossed canes. [VERB-ed] [Also VERB noun] 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A criss-cross pattern or design consists of lines crossing each other. Slash the tops of the loaves with a sharp serrated knife in a criss-cross pattern. In other languages |
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