1610s, back-formation from intersection, or else from Latin intersectus, past participle of intersecare "intersect, cut asunder," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). Related: Intersected; intersecting.
intersect (n.)
1650s, from Latin intersectum (see intersect (v.)).
雙語例句
1. The circles will intersect in two places.
這兩個圓將在兩處交叉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Their histories intersect.
他們的歷史相互交叉。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other.