A cross-country journey involves less important roads or railway lines, or takes you from one side of a country to the other.
cross-country rail services.
横穿全国的铁路运输服务。
If you travel cross-country, you use less important roads or railway lines, or you travel from one side of a country to the other.
I drove cross-country in his van.
我开着他的货车横穿了全国。
Cross-country is the sport of running, riding, or skiing across open countryside rather than along roads or around a running track.
She finished third in the world cross-country championships in Antwerp.
她在安特卫普省举行的世界越野锦标赛中夺得了第三名。