intersect

intersect
verb
  1. [with obj.]divide (something) by passing or lying across it
    贯穿,横穿,横断,横贯
    occasionally the water table intersects the earth's surface, forming streams and lakes.
    偶尔地下水位横断地球表层,形成河流与湖泊。
    the area is intersected only by minor roads.
    这个地区只有几条支路穿过。
    [no obj.](of two or more things) pass or lie across each other.
    交叉,相交。
    lines of latitude and longitude intersect at right angles.
    纬线与经线成直角交叉。
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from Latin intersect- 'cut, intersected', from the verb intersecare, from inter- 'between' + secare 'to cut'
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