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

• The potential for abuse is whether the way station becomes a hiding spot, either to reduce taxes at the end of the journey or to launder criminal money.
  滥用的可能性在于这个小站是否成为逃税之所，要么是为了减少到达旅途终点时的缴税，要么是为了漂洗犯罪所得。
• Can you tell me the nearest way to the station?
  你能告诉我去火车站最近的路吗？
• An Analysis on Life Quality Among Rail Way Station Workers
  铁路车站职工生命质量状况分析
• We had to walk all the way from the station to the hotel.
  我们不得不一直从车站走到旅馆。
• The Sudanese were stranded at a border way station for months.
  这些苏丹人滞留在一个边境站长达数月。
• 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。
• A child came up to me and showed me the way to the station.
  一个孩子走上前来，指点我到车站去的路。
• We walked the whole way to the station, a matter of3 miles.
  我们一直走到车站，大约3英里的路程。
• He rushed all the way to the station only to miss the train.
  他一路冲往车站，结果还是错过了火车。
• By the time you are a grown adult and a professional football player, though, athletic misbehaviour signals something else besides one's presence at a way station on the path to moral maturity.
  尽管他已经成年并成为了一个职业足球运动员，但到这之前，在他走向心理成熟的途中，他的不正当举止也标志了一些除了个人行为以外的其他东西。