crisscross

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
发音 krĭsʹ-krŏs'

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pattern of crossed lines. countable
    — We reach the first barrier, which is like the barriers blocking off roadworks, or dug-up sewers: a wooden crisscross painted in yellow and black stripes, a red hexagon which means Stop.
  2. A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write. countable
  3. A kind of crossword puzzle having no clues or definitions, but only a list of words that must be fitted into the grid. countable
    — A definite advantage of the fact that no fill-in-the-blank sentences are used is that it's very easy for kids to enter their own words and see them instantly transformed into crisscrosses, word searches, and other fun games.
  4. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross. obsolete,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To move back and forth over or through. transitive
    — As it turned out, the itinerary was disconcertingly illogical, involving criss-crossing America in anything but a straight line.
  2. To mark with crossed lines. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Marked with crossed lines; crisscrossed. not-comparable
副词 adv.
  1. Crossing one another. not-comparable

词形变化

crisscrosses present,singular,third-person crisscrossing participle,present crisscrossed participle,past crisscrossed past criss-cross alternative crisscrosses plural criss-cross alternative criss-cross alternative criss-cross alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”).
By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.
词源 2
From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”).
By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.
词源 3
From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”).
By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.
词源 4
From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”).
By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.
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