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crossroad

/kraws-rohd, kros-/US // ˈkrɔsˌroʊd, ˈkrɒs- //UK // (ˈkrɒsˌrəʊd) //

十字路口,十字路,横路,十字街

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a road that crosses another road, or one that runs transversely to main roads.
    • : a by-road.
    • : Often crossroads. the place where roads intersect.a point at which a vital decision must be made.a main center of activity.

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Examples

  • In 2013, facing a crossroads with expiring city leases, then-Mayor Bob Filner took up a prominent downtown commercial real estate broker’s offer to help for free.

  • We’re at this weird crossroads, where people say they’re working harder than ever but also say they love working from home.

  • In this three-dimensional space there are three axes — x, y and z — that all intersect at a crossroads, the origin.

  • Even at this historic crossroad, the number of women in Congress increased by only 4 percent.

  • So here we are, at another crossroads in the nation’s history.

  • Your husband left us at the very first crossroad toward your place and I was absorbed with my new-old neighbors' affairs.

  • They turned into a crossroad after a time, and there in a little village Sara Lee found her new home.

  • There is a crossroad there, you remember, cutting through to the lake, and I turned in.

  • As we had foreseen, there were plenty of thirsty people walking along the Dover Road, and even some from the crossroad.

  • It would have been easy for them to miss each other, unless they happened to take the same crossroad.