日入一词_62：traverse

Suppose you have an algorithm that needs to be able to traverse a container in both directions.

verb /trə'vɝs/

to move across, over, or through something, especially an area of land or water

to move across (an area)

to cross an area of land or water

to move or travel through an area

to move over or across an area

If someone or something traverses an area of land or water, they go across it.

two minutes to traverse the park

The candidates traversed the state throughout the campaign.

ships traversing the ocean

The river traverses the county.

skiers traversing the slopes

The region is traversed by several roads.

Stanley traversed the continent from west to east.

Bounded on the east by Lake Winnebago, the county is traversed by the Wolf and Fox rivers.

It took several weeks to traverse the desert /ˈdɛzət/.

I traversed the narrow pedestrian/pə'dɛstrɪən/ bridge.

a steep-sided valley traversed by streams.

noun  /'trævɜːrs/

a sideways movement across a very steep slope in mountain-climbing

an act of moving sideways or walking across a steep slope, not climbing up or down it; a place where this is possible or necessary

a sideways movement used for moving across a steep slope on a mountain, or a path for doing this

The climbers made a dangerous traverse across the glacier /'ɡleʃɚ/.

We began a traverse across the rock face.