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。
• In the same way, station accesses are redesigned for a free and direct flow of visitors.
  以相同的方法，进入车站的路经过重新设计，为观光者提供自由和直接的路径。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Can you tell me the nearest way to the station?
  你能告诉我去火车站最近的路吗？
• 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 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。