首页英语词典lineline英英释意

line

英[laɪn] 美[laɪn]
  • n. 路线,航线;排;绳
  • vt. 排成一行;划线于;以线条标示;使…起皱纹
  • vi. 排队;站成一排
  • n. (Line)人名;(英)莱恩;(俄)利涅

英英释意


1. a formation of people or things one beside another;
"the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"
"they were arrayed in line of battle"
"the cast stood in line for the curtain call"
2. a mark that is long relative to its width;
"He drew a line on the chart"
"The substance produced characteristic lines on the spectroscope"
3. a formation of people or things one behind another;
"the line stretched clear around the corner"
"you must wait in a long line at the checkout counter"
4. a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
5. text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen;
"the letter consisted of three short lines"
"there are six lines in every stanza"
6. a single frequency (or very narrow band) of radiation in a spectrum
7. a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops);
"they attacked the enemy's line"
8. the methodical process of logical reasoning;
"I can't follow your line of reasoning"
9. a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
10. a connected series of events or actions or developments;
"the government took a firm course"
"historians can only point out those lines for which evidence is available"
11. a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent
12. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface;
"his face has many lines"
"ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
13. a pipe used to transport liquids or gases;
"a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"
14. the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed
15. a telephone connection
16. acting in conformity;
"in line with"
"he got out of line"
"toe the line"
17. the descendants of one individual;
"his entire lineage has been warriors"
18. something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible;
"a washing line"
19. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;
"he's not in my line of business"
20. in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area
21. (often plural) a means of communication or access;
"it must go through official channels"
"lines of communication were set up between the two firms"
22. a particular kind of product or merchandise;
"a nice line of shoes"
23. a commercial organization serving as a common carrier
24. space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
25. the maximum credit that a customer is allowed
26. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;
"she was humming an air from Beethoven"
27. a short personal letter;
"drop me a line when you get there"
28. a conceptual separation or demarcation;
"there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
29. mechanical system in a factory whereby an article is conveyed through sites at which successive operations are performed on it