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crosstown

/kraws-toun, kros-/US // ˈkrɔsˌtaʊn, ˈkrɒs- //

大城镇,大镇,大街镇,大城

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : situated or traveling in a direction extending across a town or city: a crosstown street; a crosstown bus.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a direction extending across a town or city: The car sped crosstown.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Informal. a bus running primarily in a crosstown direction.

Examples

  • Each plant I’m keeping represents neighborhood strolls with friends in the Inner Richmond neighborhood, crosstown hikes, and leisurely picnics in Golden Gate Park.

  • To pull off a mass commencement in two stages at a new crosstown location with barely one month of advance notice, and to make it all accessible through video for a remote audience, will be a major league logistical feat.

  • LG Chem has been in a battle with crosstown rival SK Innovation after it alleged that SK stole trade secrets.

  • The dulcet air drifted lazily in deep, silent crosstown streets.

  • At Thirty-fourth and Forty-second streets the crosstown traffic had already begun.

  • But within that minute a crosstown car had stopped directly in front of the cab.

  • The frozen snows of January still lay like adamant in the crosstown streets.

  • My papa said seven of the crosstown blocks made a mile, and twenty of the short blocks.