terminus

noun
🔊/ˈtɜːmɪnəs/
🔊/ˈtɜːrmɪnəs/
(plural termini
🔊/ˈtɜːmɪnaɪ/
🔊/ˈtɜːrmɪnaɪ/
)
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  1. the last station at the end of a railway line or the last stop on a bus route(铁路或公共汽车路线的)终点站
    Extra Examples
    • It's the terminus for trains from the north.这是从北方驶来的火车的终点站。
    • When the bus reached the terminus they were waiting to meet us.公共汽车到达终点站时,他们正在等我们。
    • Waterloo is the UK's first international train terminus.滑铁卢是英国第一个国际火车总站。
    Topics Transport by bus and trainc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTerminus is used after these nouns:
    • railway
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘final point in space or time’): from Latin, ‘end, limit, boundary’.