staging post
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈstaging post noun [countable] TTa place where people, planes, ships etc stop on a long journey, for example to rest or get supplies 〔长途旅行中的〕中途站 a staging post on the flight from Australia 澳大利亚出发航班的中途站
Examples from the Corpus
staging post• The new charters were to be a staging post.• Not much of any importance until it became a staging post on the London to Brighton turnpike in the eighteenth.• Remember that Earth is just a staging post along the way.• This was, I kept telling myself, just a staging post.• Certainly Snaith Priory was a staging post for pilgrims travelling from Lincoln to York, as recorded on the altar kneelers.• The city of Mondovi was a main staging post on the road to Genoa.• They are the vital staging post for millions of birds migrating between Siberia and Australasia.ˈstaging post nounChineseSyllable
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staging post
ˈstaging post
noun [countable]
a place where people, planes, ships etc stop on a long journey, for example to rest or get supplies:
a staging post on the flight from Australia
ˈstaging post
noun [countable]a place where people, planes, ships etc stop on a long journey, for example to rest or get supplies: