checkpoint

Word family

check·point /ˈtʃekpɔɪnt/ noun [countableC]

PGa place, especially on a border, where an official person examines vehicles or people 〔尤指边境的〕关卡，检查站

They had to cross five military checkpoints.

他们得通过五个军事检查站。

Examples from the Corpus

checkpoint• Tourist visas are issued at any border checkpoint.• The roadblocks were really drunk-driving checkpoints at which police simply would ask drivers if they had a gun in the car.• On either side of the well-guarded checkpoint stretched wire fences, barbed-wire entanglements and minefields.• I peered into the dark and deserted-looking checkpoint.• They man checkpoints on a permanent basis, screening vehicles and their occupants for weapons.• Some were delayed at military checkpoints.• The first step as you approach the checkpoint is to park your car in the parking lot on the north side.• Save a few for the checkpoint at the gate.

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus