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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

across [ə'krɔs]
  1. 1. preposition (moving from one side to the other of) 穿过
    He walked across the room.
    穿过这个房间
  2. 2. preposition [of street] [ river] [ room etc] (situated on the other side of) 在…对面
    the houses across the street
    在街对面房子
  3. 3. preposition (extending from one side to the other of) 跨越
    the bridge across Lake Washington
    跨越华盛顿湖的桥
  4. 4. preposition (over) 搭在…上
    Her clothes were lying across the chair.
    她的衣服正搭在椅子上。
  5. 5. preposition (involving different groups) 跨越
    parties from across the political spectrum
    来自不同政治派别党派
  6. 6. adverb (to/from a particular place/person) 从/向对面
    Richard walked across to the window.
    理查德对面窗户走去。
  7. 7. adverb (from one side to the other) 从一边到另一边
  8. 8. adverb across from (opposite) 在…对面
    They parked across from the theatre.
    他们把车停在剧院对面
  9. 9. adverb across at/to (towards) 朝向
    He glanced across at his wife.
    他朝他的妻子瞥了一眼
  10. 10. adverb (in width) 宽
    a hole 200 metres across
    200米宽的洞
    to get {or} put sth across to sb
    某人明白某事

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

across [əˈkrɒs]
  1. 1. adverb 从一边到另一边横越
    The physics department sits across the quad from the library.
    图书馆横穿过四方院就是物理系。
    The football field was 300 feet across.
    足球场宽三百英尺。
  2. 2. adverb 横地;横断地;交叉地
    Public highways run across the city in every direction and are always full.
    公路各个方向横穿城市而且总是人满为患
    The marble slabs were cut across.
    大理石板被横着切开
  3. 3. preposition 越过穿过横跨
  4. 4. preposition 在……的对面;在……的另一边

Collins English-English Dictionary

across [ə'krɒs]
  1. 1. prep from one side to the other side of
  2. 2. prep on or at the other side of
  3. 3. prep so as to transcend boundaries or barriers
    people united across borders by religion and history
    the study of linguistics across cultures
  4. 4. prep fully informed about; dealing with
    we are across this problem
  5. 5. adv from one side to the other
  6. 6. adv on or to the other side
  7. 7. adv [Etymology] C13: on croice, acros, from Old French a croix crosswise

Examples

to skim a flat stone across a creek
扔出一块石片使之擦过小溪
planes sweeping across the sky
掠过天空的飞机
The force of the explosion threw him across the room.
爆炸的力量把他抛到屋子的另一端。
Did you see the new bridge across the river?
你看到那个横跨河流的新桥了吗?
Eric lives just across the street, go visit him!
埃里克就住在街对面,去拜访他吧!

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