way station
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈway ˌstation noun [countable] American English 1. TTT old-fashioned a place to stop between the main stations of a railway 〔火车停靠的〕小站2 a place where you can stop before going on somewhere else 过渡的地方way station to The refugee camps, however dreadful, were a way station to their dream. 难民营虽然糟糕，却是他们实现梦想的一块跳板。
Examples from the Corpus
way station• Six legendary singers gather in a way station after death.• For Farini the Great, the tightrope was only an adventurous way station on a roller-coaster journey through life.• In those days, the big waiting room looked like a Kurdish way station.• People thronged to the midnight service, as if the manger were the last way station on earth.ˈway ˌstation nounChineseSyllable
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way station
ˈway ˌstation
noun [countable] American English
1. old-fashioned a place to stop between the main stations of a railway
2. a place where you can stop before going on somewhere else
way station to
The refugee camps, however dreadful, were a way station to their dream.
ˈway ˌstation
noun [countable] American English1. old-fashioned a place to stop between the main stations of a railway
2. a place where you can stop before going on somewhere else
way station to