- [countable, uncountable]
what you see when you cut through the middle of something so that you can see the different layers it is made of; a drawing of this view 横截面(图);剖面(图);断面(图) a diagram representing a cross section of the human eye 表现人眼的剖面图 - in cross section
the human eye in cross section 人眼的剖面图
- [countable, usually singular]
a group of people or things that are typical of a larger group 典型的一群人(或事物) a representative cross section of society 一群具有代表性的社会典型人物 a wide cross section of the population 人口中的广大阶层 a broad cross section of opinion 具有广泛代表性的看法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- fair
- good
- …
- be drawn from
- represent
- cross section of