Serif: the short cross -lines at the beginning and end of the main strokes of certain type faces. Originally, it is the beginning or finishing strokes of the pen.

衬线：在一些印刷字体的主要笔划两端的短横线。它本来是书写的起笔或收笔的笔势。

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This team had to deliver a new capability in a very short time, while coordinating with various cross-organizational factors.

该团队在极短的时期内必须交付一种全新的功能，同时还要协调各种跨机构间的因素。

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The short answer: every Arab news organization operates within “red lines,” boundaries of coverage they dare not cross. But lately, those lines have been moving.

答案很简短：每个阿拉伯新闻组织都在“警戒线”内运作，不敢逾越雷池，不过最近，“警戒线”在移动。

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Like the banks, European insurers are short on cross-border distribution networks.

ECONOMIST: Local restrictions permitting

Sidebottom, along with Tim Bresnan and Broad, persisted in bowling short, testing the cross-batted shot-making of Pakistan's openers.

BBC: Kevin Pietersen fires England to Super Eights victory

It's not remote - just two short ferry trips to cross the bay - but the pace of life soon slows.

BBC: Here comes the sun in Sweden