across
adverb For the special uses of across in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example come across is in the phrasal verb section at come. jump to other results- from one side to the other side从一边到另一边;横过;宽
- It's too wide. We can't swim across.这太宽了,我们游不过去。
- The yard measures about 50 feet across.庭院宽约 50 英尺。
- in a particular direction towards or at somebody/something从…的一边向…
- When my name was called, he looked across at me.当叫到我名字的时候,他从那边朝我看过来。
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across from
opposite在对面;在对过- There's a school just across from our house.有一所学校就在我们房子对面。
- (of an answer in a crossword纵横字谜谜底) written from side to side横写的
- I can't do 3 across.我猜不出第 3 格横写的谜底。
Word OriginMiddle English (as an adverb meaning ‘in the form of a cross’): from Old French a croix, en croix ‘in or on a cross’, later regarded as being from a- ‘to, towards’ + cross.