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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• On the way to the station, he chatted about their trip.
  在去火车站的路上他聊起了她们的旅程。
• On the way to the station I stopped to buy a paper.
  去车站的路上，我停下来买了一张报纸。
• 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。
• 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。
• These three events mark an important way station on a route he mapped during a speech in the Czech capital a year ago.
  这三件事标志着他一年前在布拉格勾画的路线上的一个重要站点。
• 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。