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单词 across
释义 across
I. \əˈkrȯs also -äs\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English acrois, acros, from Anglo-French an crois, from an in, on (from Latin in) + crois cross, from Latin crux — more at in, cross
1. : so as to cross transversely : crosswise
 < boards sawed directly across >
2. : to or on the opposite side
 < a stretch of islandless ocean fully 500 miles across — F.C.Lincoln >
3. : so as to be understandable, acceptable, or successful : over
 < a highly individual style which comes across even in translation — K.I.Lansner >
 < failed to get his thoughts across >
 < the carefully studied and rehearsed technique for putting himself across — T.C.Worsley >
4. dialect England : at odds
 < to get across with his friends >
II. preposition
1.
 a. : from one side to the opposite side of : over
  < to swim across the channel >
  < to peer across the barricade >
  < to sweep her fingers across the strings of a harp >
 b. : from one point in time to another
  < I can remember, across the years — W.A.White >
2.
 a. : so as to intersect or pass at an angle (as a right angle) to : crosswise of : at an angle with the length, direction, or course of
  < to lay one stick across another >
  < across the grain of the wood >
  < a lake lying across the state line >
 b. : so as to intrude upon
  < to flash across his mind >
3. : on the other side of
 < across the street >
III. adjective
: crossed
 < with arms across >
IV. preposition
1. : so as to find or meet
 < stumbled across my old yearbook in the hall closet >
2.
 a. : throughout
  < obvious interest across the nation — Robert Goralski >
 b. : so as to include or take into consideration all classes or categories
  < across differences, they insist, there can be no rational dialogue — Huston Smith >
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