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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They're like a way station, you know?
  他们就象是个中转站，明白吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• A child came up to me and showed me the way to the station.
  一个孩子走上前来，指点我到车站去的路。