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🔑crosscross1 /krɔs / noun [countable] - a mark that you make by drawing one line across another (X). The sign is used for showing the position of something, for showing that something is not correct, etc.叉号（标记位置或表示不正确等）◆I drew a cross on the map to show where our house was.我在地图上画了一个叉，标出我们家的位置。◆Incorrect answers will be marked with a cross.错误的答案上会打叉。
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religion宗教) a vertical piece of wood with another piece of wood across it, on which people were killed as a punishment in former times, or something shaped like this that is used as a symbol of the Christian religion（旧时用于处死犯人的）十字架；（用作基督教标志的）十字架◆Christ's death on the cross十字架上的耶稣基督之死◆The priest made the sign of the cross (= by moving his right hand in front of his face and chest in the shape of a cross).神父在胸前画了个十字。 ➡ look at crucifix
- [usually singular] a cross (between A and B) something (especially a plant or an animal) that is a mixture of two different types of things（尤指植物或动物的）杂交品种，杂种◆a fruit that is a cross between a plum and an apricot李子和杏杂交而成的水果
🔑crosscross2 /krɔs / verb - [intransitive, transitive] cross (over) (from sth / to sth) to go from one side of something to the other横穿；穿过；穿越◆to cross the street过马路◆Where did you cross the border?你是从哪里过境的？
- [intransitive](used about lines, roads, etc.) to pass across each other（线条、路等）交叉，相交◆The two roads cross just north of the town.这两条道路就在城北相交。◆ (figurative) Our letters crossed in the mail.我们的信在路上彼此交叉了。
- [transitive] to put something across or over something else使交叉；使交叠◆to cross your legs交叉双腿
- [transitive] cross yourself (
religion宗教) to make the sign of a cross in front of your face and chest as a symbol of the Christian religion在胸前画十字
- [transitive] to make someone angry by refusing to do what he / she wants you to do拂逆；与（某人）作对◆He's an important man. It could be dangerous to cross him.他是个大人物，和他作对可能会有危险。
- [transitive] cross sth with sth (
biology生物) to produce a new type of plant or animal by mixing two different types使杂交◆If you cross a horse with a donkey, you get a mule.马和驴杂交生出来的是骡子。
 ●keep your fingers crossed●cross your fingersto hope that someone or something will be successful or lucky祈求成功（或好运）◆Good luck on the test – I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!祝你考试好运，我祝福你！◆There's nothing more we can do now – just cross our fingers and hope for the best.我们现在没什么可做的了，只好祈求事情顺顺利利吧。●cross my heart (and hope to die) (informal) used for emphasizing that what you are saying is true（用于强调所说属实）我发誓，我赌咒●cross your mind(used about a thought, an idea, etc.) to come into your mind（想法、主意等）掠过心头，出现在脑海里◆It never even crossed my mind that she was lying.我从来就没想过她在撒谎。  ●cross sth off (sth)to remove something from a list, etc. by drawing a line through it（从清单上等）画掉，删掉◆Cross Dave's name off the guest list – he can't come.把戴夫的名字从宾客名单中画掉，他来不了。●cross sth outto draw a line through something that you have written because you have made a mistake, etc.在…上画删除线；删掉◆to cross out a spelling mistake画掉一个拼写错误
crosscross3 /krɔs / adjective (old-fashioned) angry or annoyed生气的；恼怒的 |