Charing Cross
/ˌtʃærɪŋ ˈkrɒs/
/ˌtʃærɪŋ ˈkrɔːs/
- an area of central London, where Whitehall joins Trafalgar Square. Its name comes from one of the stone crosses left at each place where the body of Queen Eleanor of Castile spent a night on its way to be buried at Westminster Abbey in 1290. The original cross was close to what is now Charing Cross Station, one of London's main train stations, for trains to and from south and south-east England, which also has a station on the London Underground. A copy of the cross stands in front of the station. Charing Cross is considered to be the exact centre of London when measuring distances to other towns.
查林十字街（Charing Cross）：伦敦市中心，白厅（Whitehall）与特拉法加广场（Trafalgar Square）交汇的地方。它的名字来自卡斯蒂利亚女王埃莉诺（Eleanor of Castile）尸体在其葬于维斯敏斯特大教堂（Westminster Abbey）的路上过夜的每个地方留下的一个石制十字架。1290年，最初的十字架接近现在的查令十字车站（Charing Cross Station）伦敦的主要火车站，用于往返于英格兰南部和东南部的火车，伦敦地铁上也设有火车站。十字架的副本站在车站前。在测量到其他城镇的距离时，查林十字街被认为是伦敦的确切中心。