traverse

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tra·verse1 /ˈtrævɜːs $ trəˈvɜːrs/ verb [transitive]  formalCROSS to move across, over, or through something, especially an area of land or water 跨过，穿过，横越，横穿 two minutes to traverse the park 两分钟横穿公园→ See Verb table

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traverse• For the moment, however, it is sufficient to reflect on the difficult terrain which we are traversing.• But it was as if we were traversing a cafe-free zone.• If the compromised system is on a backbone network, intruders can monitor any transit traffic traversing between nodes on that network.• As a result theoretical discourses are traversed by narrative structures which form a hidden thread running through the argument.• The software then does the calculations, using built-in data on the energy cost of traversing different kinds of terrain.• Once at sea level, smooth soapstone slabs had to be traversed for some distance to reach the cliff.• An estimated 250,000 cars traverse the bridge daily.• He portrays the latter as a nomadic people who traversed the steppe in wagons with their herds and flocks.

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trav·erse2 /ˈtrævɜːs $ -vɜːrs/ noun [countable]  technicalDSO a sideways movement across a very steep slope in mountain-climbing 〔登山运动中爬陡坡时的〕横过山坡

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traverse• The refuge was crowded with skiers following the Haute Route - the high level alpine traverse.• Step down and make a delicate traverse left to move up into a recess and small ledge.• A beautifully clean, steep layback leads to an exciting but easy traverse and a nasty pull into a frustratingly smooth scoop.Origin traverse1 (1300-1400) Old French traverser, from Late Latin transversare, from Latin transvertere; → TRANSVERSE

tra·verse1 verbtrav·erse2 nounChineseSyllable  

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traverse

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tra‧verse¹ /ˈtrævɜːs $ trəˈvɜːrs/ verb [transitive]formal to move across, over, or through something, especially an area of land or water:
    two minutes to traverse the park

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trav‧erse² /ˈtrævɜːs $ -vɜːrs/ noun [countable]
technical a sideways movement across a very steep slope in mountain-climbing