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 offshore centre acts as a "way station" that facilitates complex international trade and investment flows.
  离岸金融中心发挥着“铁路小站”的作用，促进了复杂国际贸易和投资的流动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Happiness is a way station between too much and too little.& C.Pollock, British jurist
  幸福是太多和太少之间的一站。英国法学家波洛克
• The excellent achievements of way station training are a sign of Chinese army modernization.
  小站练兵成绩优异，是中国陆军开始向现代转型的标志。
• 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。
• She went with me all the way to the station.
  她一直把我送到车站。
• In the evening, they reached a way station of their neighbor nation.
  晚上，他们抵达一个邻国的驿站。
• 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。