I saw this sentence on a dictionary when I looked up the word “cross”.
I don’t know what that means, though.
Thank you!!!
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It means he walked across the room, or whatever space he was in, to get next to the window.
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Here are some common examples:
He crossed the street. = He walked across the street (with or without using the crosswalk).
He crossed the bridge. = He went across the bridge.
I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. (figurative) = I’ll worry about that (something that might happen) if or when it actually happens.
He crossed the border. = He came/went across the border between two countries.
He crossed the line. (figurative) = He went too far. (figurative) = He said or did something unacceptable. He said or did something that he should not have said or done.
He crossed the finish line. = He ran/biked/drove across the finish line in a race. figurative: He completed a long-term goal.
He crossed the picket line. = He went past the line of striking workers and worked, despite the strike.
As you can see, you need something to cross. In the sentence in the dictionary the room was implied by the presence of the window:
He crossed the room to the window. = He went across the room to the window.
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他走近 window / 他走到 window 那边
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I never would have used “He crossed to the window” as an example in a dictionary. Never heard it or a variant in real life. I would assume, as others said, it means he crossed the space he was in to get to the window. It would have been just “he crossed the bridge, road, etc.” in my examples.
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Thank you very much for making so many examples to make it clearer.
I couldn’t agree more!
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