transcontinental

adj.

1. 横贯大陆的；穿越大陆的
   crossing a continent
   1. a transcontinental railway/railroad
      横贯大陆的铁路

1. ADJ 横贯大陆的;穿越大陆的;(美国英语中通常指)横穿美国的
   A transcontinental journey or route goes from one side of a continent to the other. In American English, transcontinental usually means from one side of the United States to the other.
   1. ...in mid-nineteenth-century America, before the transcontinental railroad was built.
      19 世纪中期的美国，在横贯大陆的铁路建成之前

1. Though the TRANSCONTINENTAL had published "The Ring of Bells," no check was forthcoming.
   《跨越大陆》虽然发表了他的《钟声激越》，却老不寄支票来。
2. That's where the TRANSCONTINENTAL fiver went-'The Ring of Bells'went into the poundman's pocket.
   《跨越大陆》的五块钱花掉了。《钟声激越》进了畜栏看守的腰包。
3. On October23rd, 1929, The first transcontinental air service begins from New York City to Los Angeles.
   1929年的10月23日，从纽约城到洛杉矶的首个跨大陆的航线服务开通。
4. They have worked on the logistics of the transcontinental ride for six months, and will start their journey on Saturday from Beijing.
   为了这次横跨大陆的单车旅程的后勤工作，他们已经筹备了六个月的时间，并将于本周六从北京启程。
5. The Chinese first came to the United States in the mid 1800s to help finish the American Transcontinental Railroad.
   华人最早在19世纪中叶来到美国，帮助完成美国的横贯大陆铁路。
6. I wish I could make a transcontinental trip by Grey hound bus.
   我希望我也能搭灰狗巴士做一次横跨大陆的旅行。
7. The stake of this battle were nothing less than control of the most of the western transcontinental railroads. Not accepting combat, the group split into small groups and in unorganized small groups began to withdraw in various directions.
   这次战斗的目标，是对大部分西部横贯大陆铁路的控制。未经战斗，部队即分散成小部队，开始毫无组织地向不同方向撤退。
8. It is believed that Hung Wah may have been among the few workers who remained to the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
   据可靠推测，HW是少数坚持到大陆铁路最终完工的华工之一。
9. According to the Professional Writers Association of Canada, Transcontinental began circulating the new contract, called the "Master Author Agreement," this summer.
   据加拿大专业作者协会所说，今年夏天，洲际媒体开始流传这种“主人作家协会”的新合同。
10. All climbed into beautiful clear skies, all four planes on transcontinental flights, plump with fuel, ripe to explode.
    所有这4架飞机都爬高进入朗朗晴空全，全都上了洲际航线，机上装满了燃料，一触即炸。
11. Though some doctors had reportedly advised the England midfielder to be wary of traveling on long transcontinental flights so soon after surgery, the player has jetted to California from Europe.
    虽然据报道，一些医生建议英格兰中场警惕的跨洲飞行的长手术后这么快就旅游，玩家喷吹加利福尼亚来自欧洲。
12. Old World woody vines. transcontinental geophysical survey
    旧大陆木质草本植物。横贯大陆地球物理调查
13. A man and a woman, who have never met before, find themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a transcontinental train.
    一对陌生的孤身男女，在一趟洲际列车上被安排进了同一间包厢。
14. This time the men were imported as work crews to construct the first transcontinental railroad.
    这一次他们是作为建造第一条横贯大陆的铁道的劳工而进口来的。
15. America is the nation that built the transcontinental railroad, brought electricity to rural communities, and constructed the interstate highway system.
    美国是建造了横贯大陆铁路的国家，我们将电带入了农村，建造了跨州的公路系统。
16. The transcontinental railway goes from New York in the east to San Francisco in the west.
    横穿大陆的铁路从东部的纽约起到西部的旧金山上。
17. The tale of the building of the transcontinental railroad, the steel band that wed the metropolitan East to the frontier West, is among the greatest in American history.
    接美国东部都市与西部边境的越州铁路的建设，是美国历史上最伟大的传奇之一。
18. Not long ago, I was on a transcontinental flight when I was awakened by the woman behind me.
    在不久之前，我在跨洲的飞行途中被坐在我后面的女人叫醒。
19. To offset its inland location, Chongqing has been linked up to transcontinental freight services.
    为了抵消地处内陆的不利影响，重庆已加入洲际货运服务网络。
20. Transcontinental railway; transcontinental travelers; a transcontinental city.
    横穿大陆的铁路；远途旅行者；大陆那边的城市。
21. Indeed, there was great celebration on the day a "Golden Spike" was driven to complete the first transcontinental railroad in1869.
    1869年，在“金色道钉”（GoldenSpike）被钉入枕木、从而宣告第一条横贯美国大陆的铁路完工的当天，人们举行了盛大庆典。
22. The last pole of the transcontinental telephone line is placed in wendover, utah, on the Nevada-Utah state line.
    横贯大陆的内华达州至犹他州的电话线路最后一根电线杆在犹他州温都华完成。
23. Before the building of transcontinental railroads, California too relied on such ships for much of its trade.
    在修建贯穿美洲大陆的铁路之前，加州的大量贸易也依靠这种快帆船进行。
24. James J.Hill, controlled the two northern transcontinental railroads, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, in1901.
    1901年，摩根和他的同伙詹姆斯·J·希尔控制了两条北部横贯大陆的铁路，即北太平洋铁路和大北铁路。
25. The boreal forest is transcontinental.
    北方森林是横贯大陆的。
26. Thousands of Chinese laborers contributed greatly to the construction of america's first transcontinental railroad, and their intense efforts deserve a page in American history.
    成千上万的中国劳工为美国第一条横贯大陆铁路的建设做出了巨大贡献；他们的巨大努力值得记录在美国历史上。
27. The merchant houses of Bruges and Venice financed transcontinental ventures to discover sources of spices and other riches.
    布鲁日与威尼斯的商行为跨大陆冒险提供了资金，以发掘香料及其它财富来源。
28. The United States was less than one hundred years old when the civil war was won, slavery abolished, and the first transcontinental railroad built.
    南北战争胜利、废除奴隶制，再到第一条横贯大陆铁路建成，美国还不到100岁。
29. Building the great transcontinental railways that joined the east coast to the west coast.
    修建了横穿大陆的铁路使东西海岸相通。

adj

1. spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent
   1. transcontinental railway
   2. transcontinental travelers
   3. a transcontinental city