a·cross /əˈkrɒs $ əˈkrɒːs/ ●●● S1 W1 adverbadv , preposition1 CROSSfrom one side of something to the other 從一邊到另一邊;穿過,越過the first flight across the Atlantic 跨越大西洋的首次飛行
They ran straight across the road (=without stopping). 他們徑直跑過了馬路。
We’ll have to swim across. 我們得遊過去。
We’d got halfway across before Philip realized he’d left his money at home. 我們走到半路,菲利普才意識到他把錢忘在家裏了。
We gazed across the valley. 我們向山谷另一邊凝望。
2 CROSStowards someone or something on the other side of an area 朝,向〔對面〕There’s Brendan. Why don’t you go across and say hello? 那是布倫丹,你爲什麽不去打個招呼呢?
across to/atThe referee looked across at his linesman before awarding the penalty. 裁判先朝巡邊員看了一眼,然後判罰點球。
He walked across to where I was sitting. 他朝我坐的地方走過來。
3 CROSSused to say that something exists or reaches from one side of an area to the other 從一邊延伸到另一邊;橫貫,跨越a deep crack across the ceiling 橫貫天花板的一道深深的裂縫
the only bridge across the river 河上唯一的一座橋
Do you think this shirt is too tight across the shoulders? 你覺得這襯衫的肩部是不是太緊了?
Someone’s parked right across the entrance to the driveway. 有人把車就那麽停在車道入口處。
4 OPPOSITE/FACEon the opposite side of something 在…對面My best friend lives across the road. 我最好的朋友住在馬路對面。
He knew that just across the border lay freedom. 他知道,越過邊境就自由了。
across (something) from somebody/somethingAcross the street from where we’re standing, you can see the old churchyard. 在我們所站之處的街對面,你可以看到古老的教堂墓地。
the woman sitting across from me (=opposite me) on the train 火車上坐在我對面的女士
5 EVERYONEin every part of a country, organization etc 遍及,在…各處a TV series that became popular across five continents 在五大洲廣受歡迎的電視系列片
Teachers are expected to teach a range of subjects right across the curriculum. 要求教師能教授課程裏的很多科目。
6 WIDEused to show how wide something is …寬ten feet/five metres etc acrossThe river is 2 kilometres across. 這條河寬兩公裏。
across• This street's too busy to walk across. right across• Proceed half right across fourth field towards another barn to reach minor road.• He sits down right across from me and when he looks at me he is looking me directly in the eye.• The Combine linked far-left activists and militants in Ford plants right across the country and, in theory, throughout the world.• From the library doors, one has an unbroken view right across the entrance hall to the main doors of the house.• We have a series of finance plans right across the Escort range.• These were superseded by more substantial updraught kilns which have been found right across the northern suburbs.• My father had an office right across the street.