traversing
Chinese meaning
穿越；横越
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Example
Pachyderms would have lost substantial amounts of weight traversing the mountains, as would have horses and soldiers.
厚皮动物在穿越山脉时体重会大幅减轻，马匹和士兵也是如此。
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Background ✎
Roots · etymology
源自拉丁 trans-（横过）+ versare（转动）
- travers(e)（穿越，源自 trans-横越 + versare 转）+ -ing（现在分词后缀）
Collocations
- traversing the mountains / traversing terrain / traverse a path
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