criss-cross的词源

英文词源

criss-cross

"A pattern of intersecting straight lines or paths", Early 17th century (denoting a figure of a cross preceding the alphabet in a hornbook): from Christ-cross (in the same sense in late Middle English), from Christ's cross. The form was later treated as a reduplication of cross.

中文词源

criss-cross：纵横交错

来自Christ’s cross.

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