crossroads

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. plural of crossroad form-of,plural
  2. A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
    — Near-synonym: intersection
  3. A centrally located position. broadly,figuratively
    — The shiny wet black triangle at the crossroads of where her legs split.
  4. A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal. figuratively
    — Well Russia at the present time is at a crossroads. It is often said that the Cold War is over and that the West has won it- that's only half true. Because what has happened is that the communists have been defeated, but the ideas of freedom now are on trial. If they don't work, there will be a reversion to, not communism which has failed, but what I call a new despotism which would pose a mortal danger to the rest of the world because it would be infected with the virus of Russian imperialism which of course has been a characteristic of Russian foreign policy for centuries.
  5. A fork in the road. nonstandard
    — But first he stopped his car at the crossroads where the highway forked off to Gastmann's house.

词形变化

crossroads plural

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衍生词
Crossroads of America
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