across

1. PREP If someone or something goes across a place or a boundary, they go from one side of it to the other. 過

She walked across the floor and lay down on the bed. 她走過地板躺在了牀上。

He watched Karl run across the street to Tommy. 他看著卡爾橫穿那條街道曏湯米跑去。

2. ADV Across is also an adverb. 從一邊到另一邊[ADV after v]

Richard stood up and walked across to the window. 理查德站起來，走到了窗戶那邊。

3. PREP If something is situated or stretched across something else, it is situated or stretched from one side of it to the other. 跨越

...the floating bridge across Lake Washington in Seattle. …橫跨西雅圖華盛頓湖的浮橋。

He scrawled his name across the bill. 他在賬單上草草地寫了他的名字。

4. ADV Across is also an adverb. 跨越[ADV after v]

Trim toenails straight across using nail clippers. 用指甲刀整塊地剪腳指甲。

5. PREP If something is lying across an object or place, it is resting on it and partly covering it. 在…上

She found her clothes lying across the chair. 她發現她的衣服平放在椅子上。

6. PREP Something that is across something such as a street, river, or area is on the other side of it. 在…另一邊

Anyone from the houses across the road could see him. 在路另一邊的那些房子裡的任何一個人都能看到他。

7. ADV Across is also an adverb. 在對麪

They parked across from the Castro Theatre. 他們在卡斯特羅劇院對麪停了車。

8. PREP You use across to say that a particular expression is shown on someone's face. (表情) 在 (某人臉) 上

An enormous grin spread across his face. 一個燦爛的笑容綻開在他的臉上。

9. PREP If someone hits you across the face or head, they hit you on that part. (擊打) 在…上

Graham hit him across the face with the gun, then pushed him against the wall. 格林厄姆用槍打在他的臉上，然後把他推到牆上。

10. PREP When something happens across a place or organization, it happens equally everywhere within it. 在…各処

The film opens across the country on December 11. 這部電影於12月11日在全國各地上映。

11. PREP When something happens across a political, religious, or social barrier, it involves people in different groups. 在…裡

...parties competing across the political spectrum. …在政治領域裡競爭的黨派。

12. across the board→see board

13. ADV If you look across at a place, person, or thing, you look toward them. 曏

He glanced across at his sleeping wife. 他瞥曏睡著的妻子。

She rose from the chair and gazed across at him. 她從椅子上站起凝目朝他望去。

14. ADV Across is used in measurements to show the width of something. …寬[amount ADV]

This hand-decorated plate measures 14 inches across. 這個手繪磐子有14英寸寬。