line
英 [la?n]
美[la?n]
- n. 路線，航線；排；繩
- vt. 排成一行；劃線于；以線條標示；使…起皺紋
- vi. 排隊；站成一排
- n. (Line)人名；(英)萊恩；(俄)利涅
英英釋意
- 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