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transcontinental

/trans-kon-tn-en-tl/US // ˌtræns kɒn tnˈɛn tl //UK // (ˌtrænzkɒntɪˈnɛntəl) //

跨洲的,横贯大陆,跨越国界,跨洲

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : passing or extending across a continent: a transcontinental railroad.
    • : on the other, or far, side of a continent.

Examples

  • There was one plane of terror still in the sky then, one more commercial jetliner turned into a giant missile loaded with transcontinental fuel and only 45 passengers and another band of methodical and suicidal hijackers, four of them.

  • You could pull up stakes and go to the movies, as you might take a transcontinental train ride or climb a mountain.

  • It can carry 120 to 200 passengers and has a range of more than 2,000 nautical miles, making it viable for transcontinental flights.

  • Hannah Hart recently finished a transcontinental tour that linked with other emerging web video artists.

  • A solar-powered plane that can fly through the night has started its slow transcontinental journey.

  • Transcontinental rail was a great idea in the 19th century, when it was actually the fastest way to get from point A to Point B.

  • Then there was that amazing by-product of the Civil War, the Transcontinental Railroad.

  • The most remarkable fact about the Transcontinental Railroad was how well Americans understood its purpose, and its benefits.

  • He was dressed in khaki—a garb much affected by transcontinental automobile tourists.

  • They were seated now in the conference room of Transcontinental Airways.

  • As the train began its long transcontinental journey, Jim would not have exchanged places with any man on earth.

  • Bucks is second vice-president—which means the boss—of a transcontinental line now, and a very great swell.

  • The fashion had been set by James J. Hill, the master mind in the transcontinental field.