way station
英 [ˈweɪ steɪʃn]
美 [ˈweɪ steɪʃn]
n. (长途旅行中的)小站，小饭馆
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
- a stopping place on a journey
- there is a stopover to change planes in Chicago
双语例句
- Whereafter, they all keep in silent on the way to railway station.
然后他们一直沉默，走到了火车站。 - 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。 - Is this the right way to the station?
往车站走这条路对吗？ - 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。 - 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。 - There are no taxes or low taxes in the "way station" because the money is in transit.
这些“小站”没有税收，或者税率很低，因为资金正在运送途中。 - An Analysis on Life Quality Among Rail Way Station Workers
铁路车站职工生命质量状况分析 - 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 - 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。 - 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。