acrossの意味・使い方・発音

across

英 [ə'krɒs] 美 [ə'krɔs]

across: across: [13] English originally borrowed across, or the idea for it, from Old French. French had the phrase à croix or en croix, literally ‘at or in cross’, that is, ‘in the form of a cross’ or ‘transversely’. This was borrowed into Middle English as a creoix or o(n) croice, and it was not until the 15th century that versions based on the native English form of the word cross began to appear: in cross, on cross, and the eventual winner, across.
=> cross
across (adv.): early 14c., acros, earlier a-croiz (c. 1300), from Anglo-French an cros "in a crossed position," literally "on cross" (see cross (n.)). Prepositional meaning "from one side to another" is first recorded 1590s; meaning "on the other side (as a result of crossing)" is from 1750. Phrase across the board originally is from horse-racing, in reference to a bet of the same amount of money on a horse to win, place, or show.

1. They stumble across a ghost town inhabited by a rascally gold prospector.: 彼らは偶然、狡猾なゴールドラッシュが住む廃墟の町に来た。

2.She knelt and brushed her lips softly across Michael 's cheek.: 彼女はひざまずいてマイケルの頬にキスをした。

3.Lucy had strung a banner across the wall saying "Welcome Home Daddy ".: ルーシーは壁に「お父さんのお帰りなさい」と書かれた横断幕を掛けた。
Nuclear weapons plants across the country are heavey contaminated with toxic wastes.

5.Representatives from across the horse industry will attend the meeting.: 競馬業界全体の代表が参加する。