Was heißt »quer« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Jimmy versuchte, seine Eltern dazu zu kriegen, ihn mit seinen Freunden quer durch das Land fahren zu lassen.

Jimmy tried to cajole his parents into letting him drive across the country with his friends.

Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Victor quer über den großen Sylter Deich.

Twelve boxers chase Victor across the big Sylter dike.

Ich würde gern mit einem Cabrio quer durch die USA fahren.

I'd like to drive across the USA in a convertible.

Ich reiste kreuz und quer durch Europa.

I travelled around Europe.

I traveled around Europe.

I travelled round Europe.

Die beiden Jungs reisten quer durch das Land.

The two boys traveled throughout the land.

Tom fuhr mit dem Motorrad quer durch die Vereinigten Staaten.

Tom rode his motorcycle across America.

Tom rode his motorcycle across the United States.

Die Stöcke waren quer übereinandergelegt.

The sticks were laid across each other.

Tom und Maria reisten kreuz und quer durch Japan.

Tom and Mary traveled around Japan.

Wurmlöcher ermöglichen es Raumschiffen, quer durch die ganze Galaxie zu reisen.

Wormholes allow spaceships to travel throughout the galaxy.

Tom sagte, er hätte nicht übel Lust, seinen Job hinzuschmeißen und quer durch Australien zu trampen.

Tom said he had half a mind to throw in his job and hitchhike around Australia.

Ich bin kreuz und quer durch die Vereinigten Staaten gereist.

I traveled all through the United States.

Ein Baum fiel quer über die Parkstraße und hält jetzt den Verkehr auf.

A tree has fallen across Park Street, blocking traffic.

Tom reiste kreuz und quer durch Südostasien.

Tom traveled around Southeast Asia.

Tom travelled all over south-east Asia.

Tom fuhr extra quer durch die Stadt, um Maria einen Geburtstagskuchen zu kaufen.

Tom drove all the way across town just to buy a birthday cake for Mary.

Tom drove all the way across town just to buy Mary a birthday cake.

„Ja, ja, ich komm’ ja schon!“ schrie Tom quer durch die Wohnung seinem klingelnden Telefon entgegen.

"Yeah yeah, here I come," shouted Tom through the flat in the direction of his ringing telephone.

Tom packte einen Stuhl und warf ihn quer durch den Raum.

Tom grabbed a chair and threw it across the room.

Tom begab sich auf eine Autoreise quer durch Australien.

Tom went on a road trip across Australia.

Er hat sich tatsächlich erdreistet, quer durch unseren Garten zu marschieren.

He had the impudence to cut across our garden.

Sie haben eine Brücke quer über den Fluss gebaut.

They built a bridge across the river.

Der Baum fiel mit einem Bums quer über den Weg.

The tree fell across the path with a thud.

Sie sind quer durch Europa geradelt.

They went across Europe by bike.

Synonyme

zwerch:

crossways

crosswise

diagonally

thwart

Antonyme

hoch:

high

tall

längs:

lengthways

lengthwise

pa­r­al­lel:

parallel

Englische Beispielsätze

• Tom and Mary sat on the couch, flipping through a photo album.

• Tom picked up a magazine and started flipping through its pages.

• Tom picked up the remote and started flipping through channels.

• Tom sat on the sofa, flipping through the pages of a magazine.

• Tom was sitting at his desk, flipping through an old photo album.

• We've been through this before.

• We've already been through this.

• The engineers worked through the night.

• It's a puzzle to me how you got through the locked door.

• I thread my way through the crowds of people.

• I made my way through the crowds of people.

• Tom crawled through the window.

• Soon, newspapers won't be printed on paper. They'll only be available through the Internet.

• Mary combed her fingers through her hair.

• The world of thinking is a mosaic of visions, expressed through language.

• I go through Chinatown and admire the beautiful signs that I still do not understand.

• Tom is looking through the glass door.

• He extracted salt from seawater through crystallization.

• Maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis.

• I'm not going through a midlife crisis!