checkpoint
noun[C]
uk/ˈtʃek.pɔɪnt/us/ˈtʃek.pɔɪnt/aplacewherepeoplearestoppedandaskedquestionsandvehiclesareexamined,especiallyat aborderbetween twocountries:
(尤指边境的)检查站;边防关卡Checkpoint Charlie was the mostfamousbordercrossingbetweenEastandWestBerlin.查理检查站以前是东西柏林之间最有名的过境处。
Territorial boundaries
- border
- bound
- boundary
- bourne
- frontier
- hard border
- no-man's-land
- passport control
- state line
- the Iron Curtain
- the Mason-Dixon Line
- transboundary