lines

美 [laɪnz]英 [laɪnz]
  • n.线;线条;界线;皱纹;褶子;(尤指运动场地的)场地线,场界
  • v.(用…)做衬里;(在某物的内部)形成一层;沿…形成行(或列、排)
  • line的第三人称单数和复数
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  • 1
    N-COUNT 线(条)
    A line is a long thin mark which is drawn or painted on a surface.

    Draw a line down that page's center.

    沿那一页的中心画一条竖线。

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    N-COUNT (尤指脸部的)皱纹,纹路
    The lines on some-one's skin, especially on their face, are long thin marks that appear there as they grow older.

    He has a large, generous face with deep lines.

    他宽大的脸盘上布满了深深的皱纹。

  • 3
    N-COUNT (排成的)行,列
    A line of people or things is a number of them arranged one behind the other or side by side.

    The sparse line of spectators noticed nothing unusual.

    那一排稀稀落落的观众没留意到任何不寻常之处。

  • 4
    N-COUNT (人、车辆等在等候时排成的)队,队伍
    A line of people or vehicles is a number of them that are waiting one behind another, for example in order to buy something or to go in a particular direction.

    Children clutching empty bowls form a line...

    紧紧抓着空碗的孩子们排成一队。

  • 5
    N-COUNT 字行
    A line of a piece of writing is one of the rows of words, numbers, or other symbols in it.

    The next line should read: Five days, 23.5 hours...

    下一行应该是:5天,23.5小时。

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    N-PLURAL (老师对学生的)罚抄
    In school, if a child is given lines, he or she is punished by being made to write out a sentence many times or to write out a passage from a book.

  • 7
    N-COUNT 诗行;歌词;台词;对白
    A line of a poem, song, or play is a group of words that are spoken or sung together. If an actor learns his or her lines for a play or film, they learn what they have to say.

    ...a line from Shakespeare's Othello: 'one that loved not wisely but too well'...

    莎士比亚剧作《奥赛罗》中的一句台词:“一个在恋爱上不智而过于深情的人”

  • 8
    N-COUNT (旨在取得某种效果的)话语
    A particular type of line in a conversation is a remark that is intended to have a particular effect.

    'In time perhaps you'll marry again'. 'That's a great line, coming from you!'.

    “有一天也许你会再结婚的。”“这句话真中听啊,难得你能这么说!”

  • 9
    N-VAR 线;绳;索
    You can refer to a long piece of wire, string, or cable as a line when it is used for a particular purpose.

    She put her washing on the line.

    她把洗好的衣物晾在绳子上。

  • 10
    N-COUNT 电话线
    A line is a connection which makes it possible for two people to speak to each other on the telephone.

    The telephone lines went dead...

    电话断线了。

  • 11
    N-COUNT 热线(电话)
    You can use line to refer to a telephone number which you can ring in order to get information or advice.

    ...the 24-hours information line.

    24小时信息热线

  • 12
    N-COUNT (尤指危险或秘密的)路线,线路
    A line is a route, especially a dangerous or secret one, along which people move or send messages or supplies.

    The American continent's geography severely limited the lines of attack...

    美洲大陆的地形严重限制了进攻路线。

  • 13
    N-COUNT (尤指径直向前行进的)路线
    The line in which something or someone moves is the particular route that they take, especially when they keep moving straight ahead.

    Walk in a straight line...

    沿直线行进。

  • 14
    N-COUNT (铁道或公交)线路
    A line is a particular route, involving the same stations, roads, or stops along which a train or bus service regularly operates.

    They've got to ride all the way to the end of the line...

    他们得一直坐到终点站。

  • 15
    N-COUNT 铁轨;轨道
    A railway line consists of the pieces of metal and wood which form the track that the trains travel along.

    Leaves on the line are an expensive problem for the railways.

    处理铁轨上的落叶对铁路公司而言是一个耗资巨大的工程。

  • 16
    N-COUNT 运输公司;航运公司
    A shipping, air, or bus line is a company which provides services for transporting people or goods by sea, air, or bus.

    The Foreign Office offered to pay the shipping line all the costs of diverting the ship to Bermuda.

    外交部愿意向海运公司支付将该船改道至百慕大的一切费用。

  • 17
    N-COUNT 轮廓(线)
    You can use line to refer to the edge, outline, or shape of an object or a person's body.

    The garden has an informal feel to soften the architectural lines of the conservatory.

    花园有一种随意的风格,从而使温室的建筑轮廓显得柔和了。

  • 18
    N-COUNT 界线;边界
    A state or county line is a boundary between two states or counties.

    ...the California state line.

    加利福尼亚州州界

  • 19
    N-COUNT 防线;前线
    You can use lines to refer to the set of physical defences or the soldiers that have been established along the boundary of an area occupied by an army.

    Their unit was shelling the German lines only seven miles away.

    他们的部队在炮轰仅有7英里之遥的德军防线。

  • 20
    N-COUNT 立场;方针
    The particular line that a person has towards a problem is the attitude that they have towards it. For example, if someone takes a hard line on something, they have a firm strict policy which they refuse to change.

    Forty members of the governing Conservative party rebelled, voting against the government line...

    执政的保守党有40名党员倒戈,投票反对政府的方针。

  • 21
    N-COUNT (思想或行动的)步骤,方式,方法
    You can use line to refer to the way in which someone's thoughts or activities develop, particularly if it is logical.

    Our discussion in the previous chapter continues this line of thinking...

    我们上一章的讨论延续了这一思路。

  • 22
    N-PLURAL 概况;大致情形
    If you say that something happens along particular lines, or on particular lines, you are giving a general summary or approximate account of what happens, which may not be correct in every detail.

    There followed an assortment of praise for the coffee along the lines of 'Hey, this coffee is fantastic!'...

    然后就是对咖啡的各种溢美之词,类似“嘿,这咖啡真棒!”等等。

  • 23
    N-PLURAL (组织的)方式,原则
    If something is organized on particular lines, or along particular lines, it is organized according to that method or principle.

    ...so-called autonomous republics based on ethnic lines.

    基于民族划分的所谓自治共和国

  • 24
    N-COUNT 行业;行当
    Your line of business or work is the kind of work that you do.

    So what was your father's line of business?...

    那你父亲当时是做什么工作的?

  • 25
    N-SING 专长;特长;兴趣范围
    If someone says that something is your line, or that it is in your line, they mean that it is the sort of thing that you often do because you enjoy doing it.

    Wild guesses aren't much in my line...

    瞎猜并不是我的专长。

  • 26
    N-COUNT (产品的)种,类
    A line is a particular type of product that a company makes or sells.

    His best selling line is the cheapest lager at £1.99.

    他最畅销的产品是最便宜的只卖1.99英镑的贮藏啤酒。

  • 27
    N-SING 方面;领域
    You can use line to refer to something connected with a particular activity. For example, something in the sports line is connected with sports.

    Most kids can do something in the art line.

    大多数孩子可以参加某项艺术活动。

  • 28
    N-COUNT 流水线;生产线
    In a factory, a line is an arrangement of workers or machines where a product passes from one worker to another until it is finished.

    ...a production line capable of producing three different products.

    一条能生产三种不同产品的流水线

  • 29
    N-COUNT 家系;家族;血统
    You can use line to refer to all the generations of a family, especially when you are considering the social status or the physical characteristics that the various members inherit.

    ...the old Welsh royal line descended from Arthur and Uther Pendragon...

    承自亚瑟和乌瑟·彭德拉根的古老的威尔士皇族世家

  • 30
    N-COUNT (按身份高低确定的)排序
    You can use line when you are referring to a number of people who are ranked according to status.

    Nicholas Paul Patrick was seventh in the line of succession to the throne...

    尼古拉斯·保罗·帕特里克是王位的第七顺位继承人。

  • 31
    N-COUNT (按时间顺序排的)一系列,一连串
    A particular line of people or things is a series of them that has existed over a period of time, when they have all been similar in some way, or done similar things.

    We were part of a long line of artists...

    我们同属一脉相承的艺术家。

  • 32
    VERB 沿…排列成行;遍布…的边沿
    If people or things line a road, room, or other place, they are present in large numbers along its edges or sides.

    Thousands of local people lined the streets and clapped as the procession went by.

    数以千计的当地居民站在街道两旁,为由此经过的队伍鼓掌。

  • ...a long tree-lined drive.

    两旁绿树林立的一条很长的私人车道

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    VERB 给…安衬里;使有内衬
    If you line a wall, container, or other object, you put a layer of something such as leaves or paper on the inside surface of it in order to make it stronger, warmer, or cleaner.

    Scoop the blanket weed out and use it to line hanging baskets...

    把那些丝状水藻捞出来,垫在吊篮里。

  • ...a dark, suede-lined case.

    用绒面革做衬里的深色箱子

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    VERB 在(容器或器官)的内壁形成一层
    If something lines a container or area, especially an area inside a person, animal, or plant, it forms a layer on the inside surface.

    ...the muscles that line the intestines.

    肠道内壁的一层肌肉

  • 37
    See also:lined;lining;bottom line;branch line;dividing line;front line;party line;picket line;yellow line

  • 38
    PHRASE 其间某时;在某一时刻;在某一环节
    If something happens somewhere along the line or down the line, it happens during the course of a situation or activity, often at a point that cannot be exactly identified.

    Somewhere along the line he picked up an engineering degree...

    在此期间的某个时候他拿到了一个工程学学位。

  • 39
    PHRASE 全线地;全部地;处处
    If you say that something happens all down the line, or right down the line, you mean that it happens in every case.

    Excellent acting all down the line captures the sound and feeling of that semi-feudal age...

    全体演员的精彩表演捕捉到了那个半封建时代的声音和感觉。

  • 40
    PHRASE 划定底线;不能容忍;反对
    If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do.

    Letters have come from prisoners, declaring that they would draw the line at hitting an old lady.

    已经有囚犯写信来,宣称就连他们也绝对不会殴打老太太。

  • 41
    PHRASE 划界线;区别
    If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them.

    It is, however, not possible to draw a distinct line between the two categories.

    不过,这两个类别无法泾渭分明地区分开来。

  • 42
    PHRASE 写信给(某人)
    If you drop someone a line, you write to them.

    My phone doesn't work, so drop me a line.

    我的电话坏了,你写信给我吧。

  • 43
    PHRASE 在执行公务中;在履行职责时
    If you do something or if it happens to you in the line of duty, you do it or it happens as part of your regular work or as a result of it.

    More than 3,000 police officers were wounded in the line of duty last year.

    去年有3,000多名警察因公受伤。

  • 44
    PHRASE 第一项举措;最重要的方法
    If you refer to a method as the first line of, for example, defence or treatment, you mean that it is the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem.

    Passport checks will remain the first line of defence against terrorists...

    护照检查仍将是对付恐怖分子的第一道防线。

  • 45
    PHRASE 将轮到…的;很有可能获得…的;…很有可能(发生)的
    If you are in line for something, it is likely to happen to you or you are likely to obtain it. If something is in line to happen, it is likely to happen.

    He must be in line for a place in the Guinness Book of Records...

    他肯定能在《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》中获得一席之地。

  • 46
    PHRASE (与…)成一直线
    If one object is in line with others, or moves into line with others, they are arranged in a line. You can also say that a number of objects are in line or move into line.

    The device itself was right under the vehicle, almost in line with the gear lever...

    该装置本身就在车子正下方,几乎与变速杆处于同一直线上。

  • 47
    PHRASE (与…)一致;(与…)相符
    If one thing is in line with another, or is brought into line with it, the first thing is, or becomes, similar to the second, especially in a way that has been planned or expected.

    The structure of our schools is now broadly in line with the major countries of the world...

    我们的学校建构现在基本上与世界上主要国家的相一致了。

  • 48
    PHRASE 排队
    When people stand in line or wait in line, they stand one behind the other in a line, waiting their turn for something.

    I had been standing in line for three hours.

    我已经排了3个小时的队。

  • 50
    PHRASE 使(某人)就范;使(某人)听从吩咐
    If you keep someone in line or bring them into line, you make them obey you, or you make them behave in the way you want them to.

    All this was just designed to frighten me and keep me in line.

    所有这一切不过是设计好了来恐吓我、让我乖乖听话的。

  • 51
    PHRASE 在运行中/不在运行;在工作中/不在工作
    If a machine or piece of equipment comes on line, it starts operating. If it is off line, it is not operating.

    The Energy Secretary hopes to bring on line a safer new tritium production reactor...

    能源大臣希望能投产一座更安全的新型产氚反应堆。

  • 52
    PHRASE 在计算机上;在网上;在线
    If you do something on line, you do it using a computer or a computer network.

    They can order their requirements on line.

    他们可以在线下订单。

  • 53
    PHRASE 岌岌可危;冒极大的险
    If something such as your job, career, or reputation is on the line, you may lose or harm it as a result of what you are doing or of the situation you are in.

    He wouldn't put his career on the line to help a friend.

    他不会为了帮助朋友而让自己的事业受到威胁。

  • 54
    PHRASE 不在队列中;不在一条直线上
    In a row or group of objects, if one of them is out of line, it is not in its correct position.

    You can see that her nose has been drawn slightly out of line.

    你可以看到她的鼻子画得稍稍有点歪。

  • 55
    PHRASE 不一致;不符合
    If one thing is out of line with another, the first thing is different from the second in a way that was not agreed, planned, or expected.

    ...if one set of figures is sharply out of line with a trend.

    如果一组数据与总的趋势有很大的出入

  • 56
    PHRASE 不服从;出格;举止不当
    If someone steps out of line, they disobey someone or behave in an unacceptable way.

    Any one of my players who steps out of line will be in trouble with me as well...

    我的任何队员若是举止不当我也不会轻饶。

  • 57
    PHRASE 体会隐含之意;领会言外之意
    If you read between the lines, you understand what someone really means, or what is really happening in a situation, even though it is not said openly.

    Reading between the lines, it seems neither Cole nor Ledley King will be going to Japan.

    言外之意,科尔和莱德利·金两个人似乎都不会去日本了。

  • 58
    the battle lines are drawn→ see:battle

  1. Their aim was to block guerrilla supply lines .

    他们的目的是封锁游击队的供给线。

  2. The parallel lines appear to diverge .

    这些平行线像是岔开了。

  3. We 'll make a decision on that further down the line .

    我们将在以后的阶段对此问题作出决策。

  4. You can 't do much in the art line without training .

    没经过训练,你在艺术行业是不会有多大作为的。

  5. What line of work are you in ?

    你干哪种工作?

  6. Don 't give me that line about having to work late again .

    别再跟我说不得不工作到很晚这样的话。

  7. Rule a line at the end of every piece of work .

    在每一篇作品的末尾画一条直线。

  8. I can only remember the first two lines of that song .

    我只记得那首歌的头两句歌词。

  9. I couldn 't get through ─ the line 's engaged .

    我打不通电话——线路忙。

  10. We need to take a firm line on tobacco advertising .

    我们需要对烟草广告采取强硬的态度。

  11. I don 't want to lose my place in the line .

    我可不想失去排队的位置。

  12. Take a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle .

    拿出一张纸,在中间画一条线。

  13. They followed the line of the river for three miles .

    他们沿着那条河走了三英里。

  14. The bottom line is that we have to make a decision today .

    底线是,我们今天必须作出决定。

  15. The playing area was marked off with a white line .

    运动场地用白线划了出来。

  16. Cars are checked as they come off the production line .

    汽车下了生产线立即进行校验。

  17. Please move ; you 're right in my line of vision .

    请挪动一下,你正好挡住了我的视线。

  18. I can 't get an outside line .

    我接不通外线。

  19. Drop me a line when you get there .

    你到那儿后给我写封信。

  20. Two thousand ─ and that 's my bottom line !

    两千块——不能再低了!

  21. Your feet must be behind the line when you serve .

    发球时你的脚必须站在底线的外面。

  22. Review your training needs with your line manager .

    和你的直属经理探讨一下你需要哪些方面的培训。

  23. The line is busy ─ I 'll try again later .

    占线——我过会儿再打。

  24. The government took a hard line on the strike .

    政府对罢工采取了强硬态度。

  25. The harsh light showed up the lines on her face .

    在耀眼的光线下,她脸上的皱纹清晰可见。

  26. Look at line 5 of the text .

    看正文第5行。

  27. I could see the finish line and thought I was home and dry .

    我能看见终点线了,我想我终于成功了。

  28. Somewhere along the line a large amount of money went missing .

    有一笔巨款在某一环节上不翼而飞。

  29. Orders came down the line from the very top .

    命令从最高领导人逐级传达下来。

  30. If you hold the line , I 'll see if she is available .

    请你不要挂断电话,我去看看她能不能接电话。