traverse
- IPA[trəˈvərs]
美式
- travel across or through；extend across or through
- an act of traversing something；a hill or mountain where traversing is necessary
- (of a curtain rod) allowing the curtain to be opened and closed by sliding it along the rod.
verb: traverse, 3rd person present: traverses, gerund or present participle: traversing, past tense: traversed, past participle: traversed
noun: traverse, plural noun: traverses
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. travel across or through he traversed the forest 同義詞
- ▪ extend across or through a moving catwalk that traversed a vast cavernous space 同義詞
- ▪ cross a hill or mountain by means of a series of sideways movements from one practicable line of ascent or descent to another I often use this route, eventually traversing around the cliff
- ▪ ski diagonally across (a slope), with only a slight descent ski patrol workers traverse the slope
- ▪ consider or discuss the whole extent of (a subject) he would traverse a number of subjects and disciplines
- 2. move (something) back and forth or sideways a probe is traversed along the tunnel
- ▪ turn (a large gun or other device on a pivot) to face a different direction.
- 3. deny (an allegation) in pleading the plaintiff must assert certain facts which, if traversed, he would be put to prove
- ▪ archaic oppose or thwart (a plan).
名詞
- 1. an act of traversing something high-level walks in the Dolomites often involve steep, exposed climbs, traverses, and descents
- ▪ a hill or mountain where traversing is necessary a narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice
- ▪ a movement following a diagonal course made by a skier descending a slope I make long gentle traverses down the steepest sections
- ▪ a zigzag course followed by a ship because winds or currents prevent it from sailing directly toward its destination.
- 2. a part of a structure that extends or is fixed across something there were three jewels in the traverse of the cross and four in the body
- ▪ a gallery extending from side to side of a church or other building.
- 3. a mechanism enabling a large gun to be turned to face a different direction they had been practicing firing at multiple targets, using the power traverse
- ▪ the sideways movement of a part in a machine.
- 4. a single line of survey, usually plotted from compass bearings and chained or paced distances between angular points.
- ▪ a tract surveyed by traversing.
- 5. a pair of right-angled bends incorporated in a trench to avoid enfilading fire he crept up and threw a grenade over the traverse
- 6. variant spelling of travers
形容詞
- 1. (of a curtain rod) allowing the curtain to be opened and closed by sliding it along the rod.
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈtravəs]
英式
- travel across or through: he traversed the forest
- an act of traversing something: high-level walks in the Dolomites often involve steep, exposed climbs, traverses, and descents
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