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

• An Analysis on Life Quality Among Rail Way Station Workers
  铁路车站职工生命质量状况分析
• 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。
• Due to his help, I found the way to train station.
  因为他的帮助，我找到了去火车站的路。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。