crossable
crossable — 形容詞
- crossablepositive
- more crossablecomparative
- most crossablesuperlative
1. A road, river, mountain, or similar obstacle is crossable when there is a way to
可跨越的
道路、河流等能從一邊到另一邊的
A road, river, mountain, or similar obstacle is crossable when there is a way to reach the far side.
After heavy rain, the small stream swelled up and was no longer crossable on foot.
大雨過後，那條小溪水位暴漲，已經無法徒步跨越。
adverb + crossable: no longer crossable
The mountain path was only crossable in summer when all the snow had melted.
那條山路只在夏天雪都融化以後才可通行。
Wide rivers are crossable by boat, but heavy trucks need a strong bridge instead.
寬闊的河流可以搭船通過，但大型卡車需要一座堅固的橋樑。
Lucía studied the frozen lake carefully before deciding it was crossable on skis.
Lucía 仔細觀察結冰的湖面，然後判斷可以穿著滑雪板穿越。
The old wooden bridge was still crossable, though it shook a little under Andrew's weight.
那座老舊的木橋仍然可以通行，雖然 Andrew 走過去時會微微搖晃。
- passable
More general; can also apply to roads blocked by snow or construction
- traversable
More formal, emphasizes the action of moving across a larger area
- navigable
Typically used for waterways that ships or boats can travel on
- uncrossable
Direct opposite
- impassable
Stronger, suggests even careful effort cannot get through
文法句型
[physical barrier] + be + crossable
[physical barrier] + be + crossable + by + [means of transport]
用法筆記
Most often appears with adverbs such as 'barely', 'still', or 'no longer' before the adjective. The subject is always the obstacle itself, not the person crossing it.
常見錯誤
2. Describes a living organism, such as a flower or breed of livestock, that can br
可雜交的
不同品種動植物可配種產生新品種的
Describes a living organism, such as a flower or breed of livestock, that can breed with a different type to create hybrid offspring.
Biologists discovered that the wild orchid was crossable with a common garden variety.
生物學家發現這種野生蘭花可以與常見的園藝品種雜交。
crossable with [different species or variety]
In class, Indra learned that lions and tigers are crossable, though natural hybrids are rare.
Indra 在課堂上學到獅子和老虎可以雜交，但自然界的雜交種很少見。
Farmers have known for centuries that certain wheat types are crossable with each other.
農民們幾個世紀以來就知道某些小麥品種可以互相雜交。
The lab tested whether the two fish species were crossable under controlled water conditions.
實驗室測試了這兩種魚類在受控的水質條件下是否可以雜交。
Hassan's research showed that this rare fruit tree is crossable with a hardier Asian relative.
Hassan 的研究顯示這種稀有果樹可以與一種更強壯的亞洲近緣種雜交。
- compatible
Broader term in breeding; can also describe disease compatibility in medicine
- hybridizable
More technical, used mostly in academic biology texts
- incompatible
Cannot produce offspring together
文法句型
[species] + be + crossable + with + [other species]
用法筆記
Frequently appears in scientific writing about genetics and agriculture. The species being bred together are typically from the same genus. Distinguish from sense 1 (PHYSICAL BARRIER), where "cross" means to move across rather than to interbreed.