intersection

• n.交叉；十字路口；交集；交叉点

来自intersect,交叉，横穿。

intersection (n.)

"act or fact of crossing," 1550s, from Middle French intersection (14c.) and directly from Latin intersectionem (nominative intersectio) "a cutting asunder, intersection," noun of action from past participle stem of intersecare "intersect, cut asunder," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + secare "to cut" (see section). Originally a term in geometry; meaning "crossroads" is from 1864.

1. The policeman regulated traffic at the intersection.

警察在交叉路口指挥交通.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The car stopped at a street intersection.

这辆车停在十字路口.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. There is a stop sign at an intersection.

在交叉路口处有停车标志.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.

桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Richard took the truck across the intersection heading north.

理查德把车开过交叉路口向北驶去.

来自英汉文学 - 廊桥遗梦