way station

英 [ˈweɪ steɪʃn]

美 [ˈweɪ steɪʃn]

n.  (长途旅行中的)小站，小饭馆

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牛津词典

noun

• （长途旅行中的）小站，小饭馆
  a place where people stop to eat or rest during a long journey

柯林斯词典

• (长途旅程中暂时停留休息的）小站
  Away stationis a place where people stop to eat and rest when they are on a long journey.
• (铁路上大站之间的)小站
  Away stationis a small station between two large stations on a railway.

英英释义

noun

• a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
  Synonym:whistle stopflag stop
• a stopping place on a journey
  1. there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago
  Synonym:stopover

双语例句

• They're like a way station, you know?
  他们就象是个中转站，明白吗？
• Humanitarian agencies are setting up a way station in a small, remote mountain town in Chad.
  人道主义机构正在乍得一个偏远的小镇上设立一个中转站。
• There are no taxes or low taxes in the "way station" because the money is in transit.
  这些“小站”没有税收，或者税率很低，因为资金正在运送途中。
• She went with me all the way to the station.
  她一直把我送到车站。
• At each "way station," the compound must resist the acids of digestive juices, jump membrane barriers or fend off enzymes designed to chop it into useless bits.
  每到一个「关卡」，药物就必须抵抗消化液的酸侵蚀，或必须穿越膜障碍，或必须避开专门将药物砍成无用碎片的酵素。
• Can you tell me the nearest way to the station?
  你能告诉我去火车站最近的路吗？
• About twenty minutes walk north of king's cross lies York way station.
  国王十字车站向北步行大约二十分钟是约克路车站。
• Is this the right way to the station?
  往车站走这条路对吗？
• To support design of user interface of 〈 Railway way station CAD system 〉, We designed a graphical window class.
  为支持〈铁路中间站场CAD系统〉用户界面的设计，我们设计了图形窗口类win-dow。
• Due to his help, I found the way to train station.
  因为他的帮助，我找到了去火车站的路。