For hundreds of years, St.Bernard dogs have saved the lives of travellers crossing the dangerous Pass.
几百年来，圣伯纳德修道院驯养狗拯救了许多翻越这道山口的旅游者的生命。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 8 A famous monastery
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
crossing
['krɔsɪŋ]
n. 人行横道，十字路口;交叉，相交;横越;渡口;
v. 交叉(cross的现在分词);
💡 cross横过+ing名词后→横越,交叉口
"The child was killed when a car failed to stop at the crossing."
汽车在人行横道线未能停车，结果把小孩撞死了。
近义：zebra, crosswalk, intersection, junction, traffic, transit
adj. 危险的;
💡 danger危险+ous.....的 →危险的
"In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security."
在一个突然变得陌生而危险的世界里，他是她唯一的守护神。
近义：hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe
反义：innocuous, inoffensive, offenceless, riskless, secure, sure
vt.& vi. 走过;通过;批准;度过;
vt. 传球;及格;发生;不要;
n. 通道;通行证;关口;越过;
💡 pass(pass)→通过；经过；传递；使及格；度过
"I'm not old enough for my bus pass yet!"
我还不到领取免费乘车票的年龄。
近义：outpace, overtake, lapse, occur, elapse, happen
反义：flop, flunk, founder