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

• 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。
• They're like a way station, you know?
  他们就象是个中转站，明白吗？
• It was described the overall solution of Station Integrated Information Management System. According to the main features such as one position many duties, small and unbalance in freight transportation quantity, big difference in network communication environment, mis System was specially designed for way station.
  阐述车站综合管理信息系统小站版的总体解决方案，针对小型车站一岗多职、货运量小而不均衡、网络通讯环境差异较大等特点研制适用于小型车站的车站综合管理信息系统。
• 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
• Happiness is a way station between too little and too much.& Channing Pollock
  幸福是在太少和太多之间的驿站。&波洛克
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。