| 单词 | transverse |
| 释义 | transverse (once / 2043 pages) adj If something is transverse it goes sideways or at an angle. You might take a transverse path cutting across the park — it's a short cut if you're in a hurry, because you don't have to walk the entire length. First used in the 1590s, the adjective transverse comes from the Latin word transvertere, which combines the prefix trans-, meaning "across," and vertere, meaning "to turn." Something that's transverse cuts across something. A doctor may make a transverse incision into a patient's abdomen during an appendectomy. Set between two buildings, a dark alley is transverse to the bustling city street. WORD FAMILYtransverse: transversely USAGE EXAMPLESIn 2014, it was two transverse process fractures after taking a knee to the back. Washington Times(Nov 01, 2016) Q. At the age of 18, you contracted transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord that left you confined to a wheelchair. New York Times(Oct 06, 2016) The clot in Clinton’s brain — known as a transverse sinus venous thrombosis — did not cause a stroke or neurological damage, according to her doctors. Washington Post(Sep 11, 2016) adj extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully transverse colon Syn cross, thwartwise, transversal crosswise lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction |
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