1. | （通过道路、河流等的）安全通行处；人行横道；渡口；（从一国到另一国的）过境处a place where you can safely cross a road, a river, etc., or from one country to another |
The child was killed when a car failed to stop at the crossing. 汽车在人行横道线未能停车，结果把小孩撞死了。 | |
The next crossing point is a long way downstream. 下一个渡口在下游方向很远的地方。 | |
He was arrested by guards at the border crossing. 他在边境过境处被卫兵逮捕。 |
2. | （线的）交叉点；（道路的）十字路口；（轨道的）交叉道口a place where two lines, two roads or two tracks cross |
3. | （海洋或宽阔江河的）横渡a journey across a sea or a wide river |
a three-hour ferry crossing 三小时的轮渡 | |
a rough crossing from Dover to Calais 从多佛尔到加来波涛汹涌的横渡 | |
the first Atlantic crossing 首次横渡大西洋 |
4. | 穿越；横越an act of going from one side to another |
attempted crossings of the border 穿越边境未遂 |
