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way station

noun
🔊/ˈweɪ steɪʃn/
🔊/ˈweɪ steɪʃn/
(especially North American English)
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  1. a place where people stop to eat or rest during a long journey（长途旅行中的）小站，小饭馆
    • (figurative) After China and Japan, the job in the UK was a way station to retirement.在中国和日本之后，在英国的工作是退休的必经之路。