| 单词 | crisscross |
| 释义 | crisscross (once / 9411 pages) nadjadvv A crisscross is a pattern of lines that cross or intersect. Your favorite shirt might be printed with pink and purple crisscrosses. You might doodle a crisscross pattern during class or stitch crisscrosses on a quilt. You can also use the word as a verb, meaning to cross in a pattern: "The sidewalks crisscross the city," or "I watched the dogs crisscross the beach." The word dates from the 1800s, from the Middle English crist-cross, or "Christ's cross," which was a mark traditionally made before the alphabet in a schoolbook or primer. WORD FAMILYcrisscross: crisscrossed, crisscrosses, crisscrossing USAGE EXAMPLESLater, they gathered around a photo of Ms. Fisher that was laid on the ground with lightsabers crisscrossed around it. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Every day, I drive on roads and hike on trails that crisscross the Hayward. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) For this one-woman show, she crisscrossed the country in search of “the soul of America.” New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1n a marking that consists of lines that cross each other Syn|Hyper cross, mark marking a pattern of marks 2adj marked with crossing lines Syn crisscrossed reticular, reticulate resembling or forming a network 3adv crossing one another in opposite directions 4v mark with a pattern of crossing lines crisscross the sheet of paper Hyper mark make or leave a mark on 5v mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines wrinkles crisscrossed her face Hyper line mark with lines 6v cross in a pattern, often random Hyper cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse travel across or pass over |
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