traverse 英 [trəˈvɜ:s]   美 [trəˈvɜrs]

traverse

traverse  英 [trəˈvɜ:s] 美 [trəˈvɜrs]

n. 穿过;横贯;  v. 穿过;横穿 

进行时:traversing  过去式:traversed  过去分词:traversed  第三人称单数:traverses  名词复数:traverses 

We traverse the desert by truck.  我们乘卡车横穿沙漠.
But can you traverse the stream?  可是,你能闯过那车的洪流、人的洪流 吗 ?

  • The verb traverse means to travel across an extended area. "Her dream was to traverse the country by car, so she could meet new people and see all the kitschy sites — like the giant roadside tire in Michigan or the shoe house in Pennsylvania."
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  • n. 穿过;横贯;
  • v. 穿过;横穿
  • 1. We traverse the desert by truck.

    我们乘卡车横穿沙漠.

  • 2. But can you traverse the stream?

    可是,你能闯过那车的洪流、人的洪流 吗 ?

  • 3. They traverse the same path, but with different speeds.

    它们所经的路径相同, 但以不同的速率行进.

  • traverse (n.) "act of passing through a gate, crossing a bridge, etc.," mid-14c., from Old French travers, from traverser (see traverse (v.)). Meaning "a passage by which one may traverse" is recorded from 1670s. Military fortification sense of "barrier, barricade" is recorded from 1590s.
  • traverse (v.) early 14c., "pass across, over, or through," from Old French traverser "to cross, place across" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *traversare, from Latin transversare "to cross, throw across," from Latin transversus "turn across" (see transverse). As an adjective from early 15c. Related: Traversed; traversing.
tra·verse verb , noun traverse traverses traversed traversing verb / trəˈvɜːs ; NAmE trəˈvɜːrs / traversesth ( formal or technical 术语 ) to cross an area of land or water 横过;横越;穿过;横渡 noun / ˈtrævɜːs ; NAmE ˈtrævɜːrs / (in mountain climbing 爬山 ) an act of moving sideways or walking across a steep slope, not climbing up or down it; a place where this is possible or necessary (在陡坡上的)侧向移动,横过,横越;可横越的地方 tra·verse / trəˈvɜːs ; NAmE trəˈvɜːrs /
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