1PARTsomething that has been cut in half so that you can look at the inside, or a drawing of this 横截面(图),剖面(图)
cross-section of
a cross-section of a plant stem
植物茎的横截面(图)
in cross-section
The roof beams were 50 centimetres square in cross-section.
顶梁的横截面有 50 平方厘米。
2TYPICALa group of people or things that is typical of a much larger group 典型;有代表性的一群 → sample
cross-section of
a wide cross-section of the taxpaying population
纳税人中具有代表性的一大群人
Examples from the Corpus
cross-section• If one suspends judgement and looks at a cross-section of these novels, one comes away quite impressed.• The league brings together a cross-section of Tucson, the young and old, the movers and shakers.• A cross-section of women were employed.• The arrowindicates the actin cable, seen in cross-section.• In short, the wholeproject was carefully designed to produce a comprehensivevisualcross-section of society in motion.