首页英语词典lineline的意思

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

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词态变化

复数: lines;第三人称单数: lines;过去式: lined;过去分词: lined;现在分词: lining;

中文词源

line 线，行业

来自拉丁语linum,亚麻，词源同linen,linseed.引申词义麻绳，绳索，行业等诸多词义。

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

英文词源

line: line: [OE] The closest modern English line comes to its ancestor is probably in the fisherman’s ‘rod and line’ – a ‘string’ or ‘chord’. For it goes back to Latin līnea ‘string’. This was a derivative of līnum ‘flax’ (source of English linen), and hence meant etymologically ‘flaxen thread’. English acquired it in two separate phases.

First of all it was borrowed directly from Latin in the Old English period, and then it made a return appearance via Old French ligne in the 14th century; the two have coalesced to form modern English line. Derived forms include lineage [14], lineal [15], lineament [15], and liner [19]. The last is based on the sense ‘shipping line’, which goes back to the notion of a ‘line’ or succession of ships plying between ports.
=> align, lineal, linen, liner
line (n.): a Middle English merger of Old English line "cable, rope; series, row, row of letters; rule, direction," and Old French ligne "guideline, cord, string; lineage, descent;" both from Latin linea "linen thread, string, line," from phrase linea restis "linen cord," from fem. of lineus (adj.) "of linen," from linum "linen" (see linen).

Oldest sense is "rope, cord, string;" extended late 14c. to "a thread-like mark" (from sense "cord used by builders for making things level," mid-14c.), also "track, course, direction." Sense of "things or people arranged in a straight line" is from 1550s. That of "cord bearing hooks used in fishing" is from c. 1300. Meaning "one's occupation, branch of business" is from 1630s, probably from misunderstood KJV translation of 2 Cor. x:16, "And not to boast in another mans line of things made ready to our hand," where line translates Greek kanon, literally "measuring rod." Meaning "class of goods in stock" is from 1834. Meaning "telegraph wire" is from 1847 (later "telephone wire").

Meaning "policy or set of policies of a political faction" is 1892, American English, from notion of a procession of followers; this is the sense in party line. In British army, the Line (1802) is the regular, numbered troops, as distinguished from guards and auxiliaries. In the Navy (1704, as in ship of the line) it refers to the battle line. Lines "words of an actor's part" is from 1882. Lines of communication were originally transverse trenches in siegeworks.
line (v.1): "to cover the inner side of," late 14c., from Old English lin "linen cloth" (see linen). Linen was frequently used in the Middle Ages as a second layer of material on the inner side of a garment. Related: Lined; lining.
line (v.2): late 14c., "to tie with a cord," from line (n.). Meaning "to mark or mark off with lines" is from mid-15c. Sense of "to arrange in a line" is from 1640s; that of "to join a line" is by 1773. To line up "form a line" is attested by 1889, in U.S. football.

同义词辨析

row, queue, line, rank, file

这些名词均含"列，队，排"之意。

row：指单独的一列，也可指平行的数行中的一行，而不论是横或纵。

queue：指人们为做某事而有顺序排成的队，在等的过程中不断向前移动。

line：指人或物排成的行列。

rank和file常为军事用语，前者指肩并肩排列整齐的士兵横排，后者指纵队。

string, rope, line, cord, thread, wire

这些名词均含"线"之意。

string：普通用词，指捆绑小件物品的细绳或细带子。

rope：指用于捆绑大物件的粗壮而坚固的绳子，一般用绵、毛、麻、金属或其它材料制成。

line：普通用词，含义广泛，指任何一种线，常作引申用。

cord指比string粗，比rope细，较牢固，通常用于捆扎较小物品的线或绳。用作引申当约束讲。

thread：普通用词，指用棉、毛、丝或纤维等纹成的很细的线，通常用于缝纫、纺织等。

wire：专指用金属制成的线。

考试真题

Although this incident very much alters the race of the two participants competing for a win, both are going to continue on their way toward the finish line.

Attitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines.

She trimmed back my flowery language, drew lines through my exclamation marks and argued for the value of restraint in expression.

The Healthy Choice product line was carefully tested with consumers before being introduced to the general public.

He tied a metal key and a strip of silk to the kite line.

As he lay in the hospital recovering, Harper imagined a line of healthy frozen foods that tasted good.

According to Charles Harper, chairman of ConAgra, the Healthy Choice line of frozen dinners began with his own heart attack.

One could remove junk food to the back of the store and ban them from the shelves at checkout lines.

We arrived to find a line of students waiting outside.

So you can't tell how the person on the line is reacting.

You can't tell how the person on the line is reacting

Henry Ford's Model T introduced in America in 1909 was cheaper because it was made on the assembly line.

I'm afraid not, the stand-ins are already in use on line 6, and the ones from line 6 are being serviced.

In the center of the main road, there's a long line of flags of the world.

My notes may or may not be useful, but the point is that by writing down what Mr.Brown says, I can follow his line of thinking more easily.

pigeons are often seen as dirty birds and an urban nuisance but they are just the latest in a long line of animals that have been found to have abilities to help humans.

Shimmering glass towers line the canal's edge.

The holiday bonus was designed to encourage young people to delay getting married in line with China's one-child policy.

The Olympic class ships were built by the Harland and Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star line company.

The robots on line 3 have gone wrong, and lines are at a standstill.

Its designers were not high-end with supplementary lines.

In fact, in line with past experience, capital expenditure in the oil sector has dropped sharply in many producing countries, including the United States.

In one example that demonstrated genetic differences were not fixed along racial lines, the full genomes ( ' , 基因组 ) of James Watson and Craig Venter, two famous American scientists of European ancestry, were compared to that of a Korean scientist, Seong-Jin Kim.

Manufacturing's shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation's assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time.

the sociologist Ruth Milkman of City University of New York found that many line workers, in their off-hours, did home renovation and other skilled work

Milkman says, "that these extracurricular jobs were an effort on the part of the workers to regain their dignity after suffering the degradation of repetitive assembly line work in the factory.

In Ruth Milkman's opinion, many assembly line workers did home renovation and other skilled work in their off-hours in order to regain their dignity

Short-term oil shortage drove American consumers to wait in long lines at gas pumps.

We also need to know whether our thoughts, beliefs and ideas are in line with those of other people.

From self-service checkout lines at supermarket to industrial robots armed with saws and taught to carve up animal bodies in slaughter-houses, these ever-more-intelligent machines are now not just assisting workers but actually kicking them out of their jobs.

I only heard about the delay yesterday because we kept the production line clear to handle these special sheets.

An employee asked, "Would the new system create long lines to get into the building like the lines in the airport security checks?

The woman will help the man remember the lines.

It's located in a quiet building and it's close to bus lines.

As part of the upgrading of its rail yard, Kasselman, who is an inventor and self-proclaimed "steam visionary", is campaigning for a new steam train that runs without any fire and could run on an existing ten- kilometer line, driving tourists and perhaps

Bottom line, if you think you need more protein in your diet, consider these questions: Are you an extreme athlete; are you recovering from injury or surgery; or are you 60 years or older?

George Grune, a former ad salesman who joined Reader s digest in 1960 has his eye focused on the bottom line.

Kasselman wants to build an array of solar magnifying mirrors at one end of the line to collect and focus heat onto water-filled tubes.

Last year, MATTEL, the company that makes Barbie dolls, added some Barbies to its line that have different skin tones and hair textures.

That's why, for example, may say they believe in the benefits of recycling or exercise, but don't behave in line with their views, because it takes awareness, effort and courage to go beyond merely stating that you believe something is a good idea.

The bottom line here is the more fiber you eat, perhaps, a lower level of hormone in your body, and therefore, a lower lifetime risk of developing breast cancer.

The Child Poverty Action Group says 9 out of 30 in every classroom fall below the poverty line.

The method of calculating the poverty line is different from country to country.

While the efforts are certainly not futile, the results of such bans will likely only start to be seen by generations down the line, bettering the world for the future.

A line graph looks similar to a bar graph, but instead of bars, it plots points and connects them with a line.

A teacher who wants to learn on-line teaching is expected to arrive by 2:00 pm.

After de-layering in this way, a company may be left with just a top level of senior managers, front-line managers and employees with direct contact with the public.

But we have to wait in line to pay for these things we need.

David Brooks, author of the Social Animal: the Hidden Sources of Love,Character, and Achievement, appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to resist the temptation.

Electrical lines have been killing them off.

First, it's the dead line for after class activity application.

Good morning! This is clean air hot line.

I read those two lines over and over, I was ashamed of myself.

If the line segment angled dawn, as between day 4 and day 5, it would mean that the bird flew fewer kilometers than the day before.

In the 1980s, electrical lines an d lead poisoning nearly drove them to dying out.

It would have been so much easier if a train or a subway line went through here.

It's much faster, for example, to shop for groceries at a quarter to three than to stand in line during the after-work rush.

Jane moved aimlessly down the tree-lined street, not knowing where she was heading.

Light typically travels in a straight line.

Many graphs, including bar graphs and line graphs, have two axes that form a corner, usually these axes are the left side and the bottom of the graph.

Newly-built wooden cottages line the street, turning the old town into a dreamland.

Over a hundred kinds of tea are laid out in a line on long tables.

Researchers have found electrical lines are big killers of California condors.

Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces became untied.

Steve and Naomi spoke in musical code lines, beats, intervals, moving from the root to end a song in a new key.

Students need to spend at least as much time with their on-line course work as they would in a face-to-face classroom course.

Students who are successful in on-line course are usually capable of working independently in a responsible and honest manner.

Tall poles, placed in large training areas, teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines by giving them a painful but undeadly electric shock.

The central London railway was one of the most successful of these new lines, and was opened in 1900.

The courses and on-line classroom are provided by the ministry of education.

The dead line is next Monday, June 14th.

The line segment goes up between Day 1 and Day 2, which means that the bird flew farther on Day 2.

The model T Ford was built at the piquette plant in Michigan a century ago, with the first rolling off the assembly line on september 27, 1908.

The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn't even find the finish line.

The on-line classroom provides an innovative, relevant and interactive learning environment.

The presenter will use examples from his first on-line class to explain how any teacher can begin teaching on-line with teo.

The second principle is to loosen the control that providers of on-line services have over data and give more to those who supply them.

The tasters move down the line with surprising speed, tasting from a spoon and deciding what is a fair price for each tea.

Their wings can bridge the gap between lines, resulting in electrocution if they touch two lines at once.

Then lay the tube in place so that one end rests all the way in the cup and the rest of the line runs up — and out — the side of the hole.

This line graph is a quick, visual way to tell the reader about the bird's migration.

To read a line graph, it's important to focus on the points of intersection rather than the line segments between the points.

We've all been there: in a lift, in line at the bank or on an airplane, surrounded by people who are, like us, deeply focused on their smartphones or, worse, struggling with the uncomfortable silence.

sexual confusion, economic frustrations , and religious hope-all name together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words:.

Yet most ancestry testing only considers a single lineage, either the Y chromosome inherited through men in a father’s line or mitochondrial DNA, which a passed down only from mothers.

McGee says leaving without a position lined up gave him time to reflect on what kind of company he wanted to run.

Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment – including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line –Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.

Researchers should improve their standards, he wrote in2012, but journals should also take a tougher line, “engaging reviewers who are statistically literate and editors who can verify the process”.

As so often is the case, stating that principle doesn’t ease the challenge of line-drawing.

The TSA cannot continue diverting resources into underused PreCheck lanes while most of the traveling public suffers in unnecessary lines.

Part of the issue is that the government did not anticipate the steep increase in airline travel , so the TSA is now rushing to get new screeners on the line.

It is not yet clear how much more effective airline security has become—but the lines are obvious.

First two hours , now three hours—this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight , at least at some major U.airports with increasingly massive security lines.

"We don't make anything anymore," he told Fox News, while defending his own made-in-Mexico clothing line.

But while young and old mostly agree on what constitutes the finish line of a fulfilling life, they offer strikingly different paths for reaching it.

For example, even in dense forest, you should be able to spot gaps in the tree line due to roads, train tracks, and other paths people carve through the woods.

It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow off the starting line because it depends on learning—a gradual process—instead of instinct.

Part of the issue is that the government did not anticipate the steep increase in airline travel, so the TSA is now rushing to get new screeners on the line.

Researchers should improve their standards, he wrote in 2012, but journals should also take a tougher line, "engaging reviewers who are statistically literate and editors who can verify the process".

The move to renewables is picking up momentum around the world: They now account for more than half of new power sources going on line.

There is as much joy over a puffed-out first-timer being clapped over the line as there is about top talent shining.

There's always a constant fear of falling behind everyone else on the socially perpetuated "race to the finish line," whether that be toward graduate school, medical school or a lucrative career.

This and other similar cases raise the question of whether there is still a line between the court and politics.

Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment -- including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line -- Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.

Yet most ancestry testing only considers a single lineage, either the Y chromosome inherited through men in a father's line or mitochondrial DNA, which is a passed down only from mothers.

词组搭配

line up

To arrange in or form a line.

排成直线，形成直线

To organize and make ready

组织准备好

lined up considerable support for the bill.
准备好对此法案的重要支持

above the line

(Finance)denoting or relating to money spent on items of current expenditure

(财政)日常支出的

(Bridge)denoting bonus points and penalty points, which do not count towards the game

(桥牌)在横线上方的（指奖分和罚分不计算在内的）

all (the way) down (或 along) the line

at every point or stage

在每一阶段，全线，全部

the mistakes were due to lack of care all down the line.
错误是因在每一环节上都不够谨慎而造成的。

along (或 down) the line

at a further, later, or unspecified point

在某一时刻，在某一阶段，稍后

I knew that somewhere down the line there would be an inquest.
我知道在某一阶段陪审团会进行讯问。

below the line

(Finance)denoting or relating to money spent on items of capital expenditure

(财政)资本支出的

(Bridge)denoting points for tricks bid and won, which count towards the game

(桥牌)可以要虚牌的点数

bring someone/thing into line

cause someone or something to conform

使符合，使一致

the change in the law will bring Britain into line with Europe.
法律的修改将让英国和欧洲一致起来。

come down to the line

(of a race) be closely fought right until the end

（比赛）比分紧咬，相持不下

come into line

conform

一致

Britain has come into line with other Western democracies in giving the vote to its citizens living abroad.
英国已经和其他西方民主国家一样，让海外公民拥有选举权了。

the end of the line

the point at which further effort is unproductive or one can go no further

尽头，极限（指再作努力已无用的时刻或阶段）

get a line on

(informal)learn something about

(非正式)了解（某事）

in line

under control

控制住，在控制下

that threat kept a lot of people in line.
那威胁吓住了很多人。

(chiefly N. Amer.)in a queue

(主北美)站成一排

I always peer at other people's baskets as we stand in line.
我们排队时，我总是瞟一瞟别人的篮子。

in the line of duty

while one is working (used mainly of police officers or soldiers)

（主要指警官、士兵）值班，在岗

in (或 out of) line with

in (or not in) alignment or accordance with

与…符号，与…一致，与…不符合，与…不一致

remuneration is in line with comparable international organizations.
报酬与同等国际机构一致。

lay (或 put) it on the line

speak frankly

直说

实用场景例句

Draw a line down that page's center.: 沿那一页的中心画一条竖线。

...a dotted line...: 虚线

He has a large, generous face with deep lines.: 他宽大的脸盘上布满了深深的皱纹。

...fine lines and wrinkles.: 细细的皱纹和褶子

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。

Children clutching empty bowls form a line...: 紧紧抓着空碗的孩子们排成一队。

The next line should read: Five days, 23.5 hours...: 下一行应该是：5天，23.5小时。

Tina wouldn't have read more than three lines.: 蒂娜肯定读不过三行。

...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”

Every time I sing that line, I have to compete with that bloody trombone!...: 每次唱到那一句，我都不得不跟那该死的长号拼声音。

'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！”

...chat-up lines like 'You've got beautiful eyes'.: 诸如“你的眼睛很漂亮”之类的搭讪语

She put her washing on the line.: 她把洗好的衣物晾在绳子上。

...a piece of fishing-line...: 一节钓线

The telephone lines went dead...: 电话断线了。

It's not a very good line. Shall we call you back Susan?...: 电话线路不太好。苏珊，我们再打给你好吗？

...the 24-hours information line.: 24小时信息热线

...details from Lesbian Line.: 女同性恋热线传来的详情

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。

Negotiators say they're keeping communication lines open.: 谈判专家说他们保持着沟通渠道的畅通。

Walk in a straight line...: 沿直线行进。

The wings were at right angles to the line of flight.: 机翼与航线成直角。

They've got to ride all the way to the end of the line...: 他们得一直坐到终点站。

Fires broke out at three railway stations, halting service on two commuter lines for several hours...: 三个火车站发生了火灾，两条通勤线路的服务被迫中断数小时。

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。

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。

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。

...a sculptured evening dress that follows the lines of the body.: 贴合身体曲线的凹凸有致的晚礼服

...the California state line.: 加利福尼亚州州界

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。