crossed

/krɒst/ (bre, ipa) · /krɑːst/ (ame, ipa)

crossed — 形容詞

  • crossedpositive
  • crossedercomparative
  • crossedestsuperlative

1. with one arm, leg, or finger lying or folded over the other.

1.形容詞B1
釋義

交叉的

手腳或手指疊放在一起的姿勢

with one arm, leg, or finger lying or folded over the other.

例句

Hyun sat on the floor with her legs crossed, listening to the story.

Hyun 盤腿坐在地板上，聽著故事。

with + crossed (passive participle as adjective)

Indra waited outside the office with crossed arms, looking annoyed.

Indra 雙手交叉在胸前，在辦公室外等待，看起來很不耐煩。

attributive use before noun

同義詞
  • folded

    used of arms more than legs; suggests deliberate posture

  • interlocked

    more emphatic; often used of fingers

反義詞
  • open

    of arms; suggests welcoming or relaxed posture

  • uncrossed

    the direct opposite, less common in everyday speech

文法句型

crossed + body part

with arms/legs crossed

用法筆記

Most often follows 'with' as a participle clause describing posture (e.g. 'with arms crossed'). The bare predicative form 'his arms are crossed' is also natural.

常見錯誤

❌She sat with her legs crossing.
✅She sat with her legs crossed.
💡'crossed' (past participle) describes the resulting position; the present participle suggests an ongoing action.

2. used in the phrase 'fingers crossed' to say you are hoping strongly that somethi

2.形容詞B2
釋義

祈求好運

fingers crossed 表達期望

used in the phrase 'fingers crossed' to say you are hoping strongly that something turns out the way you want.

例句

Fingers crossed that Imran passes his driving test on Saturday.

祝 Imran 星期六駕照考試順利通過，祈求好運。

fingers crossed + that-clause introducing the hope

Romi sent the job application this morning — fingers crossed!

Romi 今天早上寄出求職申請了，祈求好運！

standalone exclamation expressing hope

同義詞
  • hopefully

    adverb; expresses the same wish in a single word

  • touch wood

    British idiom; said to avoid bad luck after stating something positive

文法句型

fingers crossed (+ that-clause)

(with) fingers crossed

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: here 'crossed' only appears inside the fixed phrase 'fingers crossed', which functions as a wish or charm, not a literal description of finger position. Often used as an exclamation on its own.

常見錯誤

❌I hope fingers crossed he wins.
✅Fingers crossed (that) he wins.
💡'fingers crossed' starts the wish; you don't pair it with another 'hope' verb.

3. marked with a line drawn over written words or items, usually to cancel or corre

3.形容詞B2
釋義

畫線劃掉的

上面被畫線取消或更正

marked with a line drawn over written words or items, usually to cancel or correct them.

例句

Ignacio handed in a shopping list with several crossed items in the middle.

Ignacio 交來一張購物清單，中間有好幾項被劃掉了。

attributive: crossed + noun (cancelled entries)

The teacher returned Tyler's homework full of crossed words and red corrections.

老師退回 Tyler 的作業，上面滿是被劃掉的字和紅色訂正。

collocation: crossed words (corrected text)

同義詞

文法句型

crossed + noun (item with a line through it)

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 4 (a place with something running across it): sense 3 means a line was actively drawn over written material, usually to delete or correct.

4. describing a place that has a path, river, road, or bridge running over it from

4.形容詞C1
釋義

有路橫越的

地面上有道路或河流橫向通過

describing a place that has a path, river, road, or bridge running over it from one side to the other.

例句

Talia hiked through a forest crossed by narrow streams and old wooden bridges.

Talia 走過一片森林，林中有狹窄的溪流和古老的木橋橫越其間。

crossed by + means of crossing

The valley, crossed by a single railway line, felt cut off from the city below.

那個山谷只有一條鐵路橫越而過，感覺與山下的城市完全隔絕。

crossed by + linear feature running over the place

同義詞
  • intersected

    more technical; common in geography or maps

  • traversed

    formal; emphasises a single path going through

文法句型

adverb + crossed (e.g. wave-crossed, river-crossed)

用法筆記

Almost always used in the pattern 'X crossed by Y', where Y is a path, river, road, or other linear feature. The bare form 'a crossed field' is unnatural without the 'by' phrase.

常見錯誤

❌The plain was crossed.
✅The plain was crossed by a river.
💡this sense needs a 'by' phrase naming what runs across; without it the sentence sounds incomplete.

5. describing an animal or plant produced by mating or combining two different type

5.形容詞C1
釋義

雜交的

由兩種不同品種交配培育出的

describing an animal or plant produced by mating or combining two different types to make something new.

例句

Liang adopted a crossed terrier with the energy of two breeds at once.

Liang 領養了一隻雜交的㹴犬，同時擁有兩種品種的活力。

crossed + dog breed noun

The farm sells crossed tomatoes that ripen earlier than the original variety.

那家農場販售的雜交番茄比原品種更早成熟。

crossed + plant noun (new hybrid type)

同義詞
  • crossbred

    more technical; preferred in farming and animal-science contexts

  • hybrid

    broader; covers any mixing of two types, including non-biological things

  • mixed

    informal; often used of pet dogs

反義詞
  • purebred

    an animal whose parents are of the same single breed

文法句型

crossed + animal/plant noun

a crossed breed of X

用法筆記

Object is usually an animal or plant produced by deliberate breeding (a dog, a sheep, a strain of rice). The adjective 'crossbred' is a very close near-synonym and slightly more technical.

6. describing a cheque marked with two parallel lines on its face, which means the

6.形容詞C2
釋義

劃線支票的

支票面有兩道線、僅能存入帳戶

describing a cheque marked with two parallel lines on its face, which means the money can only go straight into someone's account and cannot be turned into cash at the counter.

例句

Constanza sent a crossed cheque so the payment went straight into the supplier's account.

Constanza 寄出一張劃線支票，款項直接匯入了供應商的帳戶。

crossed cheque + paid into bank only

The bank clerk explained that a crossed cheque cannot be cashed at the counter.

銀行行員解釋說，劃線支票無法在櫃台兌現。

crossed cheque + cannot be cashed

同義詞
反義詞

文法句型

crossed cheque

crossed check

用法筆記

Specific to UK and Commonwealth banking; in American English the spelling is 'crossed check' but the practice is less common. The cheque becomes 'crossed' once two parallel lines are drawn across its face.