[no obj.](of two or more things) cross or intersect each other to form an X (两个或更多事物)交叉成X形,交叉 the fibres decussate in the collar. 领子上的纤维呈X形交叉。
adjective
shaped like an X X字形的 ■(Botany)(of leaves) arranged in opposite pairs, each pair being at right angles to the pair below (植)(叶)交互对生的
派生 decussation noun 语源
mid 17th cent. (as a verb): from Latin decussatus, past participle of decussare 'divide crosswise', from decussis (describing the figure X, i.e. the Roman numeral for the number 10), from decem 'ten'