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  • Conjugation : past  lined ; ing  lining
  • Derivatives : adj  linable ; adj  lineable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

line [laɪn]
  1. 1. noun [c] (long thin mark) 线
  2. 2. noun (wrinkle) 皱纹
  3. 3. noun (row) (of people, things) 排
    a line of women queueing for bread
    一排妇女在排队等面包
    long lines of trees
    长排的树木
  4. 4. noun [+of words] (written, printed) 行
    I only read the first few lines.
    我只读了前几行。
  5. 5. noun (in poem, song) 句
    the most famous line in English poetry
    英语诗歌中最有名的一句
  6. 6. noun [戏剧, 电影] 台词
    He's learning his lines for the school play.
    他在为学校里的一出剧背台词。
  7. 7. noun (rope, cord) 线
  8. 8. noun (also: washing line) 晾衣绳
    She hung her washing on the line.
    她把衣服挂到晾衣绳上。
  9. 9. noun (also: fishing line) 钓鱼线
  10. 10. noun [electronics] (wire) 电线
    High winds had brought the lines down.
    猛烈的风把电线刮断了。
  11. 11. noun [电信] 线路
    The line was dead.
    线路不通。
  12. 12. noun (railway track) 铁路线路
    repairs to the line
    对铁路线路的维修
  13. 13. noun (bus, coach, train route) 路线
    They had taken the wrong line on the London Tube.
    他们在伦敦地铁坐错了线。
  14. 14. noun (boundary) 界线
    just across the state line in Nevada
    刚刚越过内华达州的州界
  15. 15. noun [liter] (edge, contour) 曲线
    an evening dress that follows the lines of the body
    显现身体曲线的晚礼服
  16. 16. noun (attitude, policy) 方针
    the official line of the Labour Party
    工党的方针
  17. 17. noun (also: line of business, line of work) 生产线
    What line are you in?
    你在哪一条生产线上？
  18. 18. noun [商] (of product) 种
    a new line of computer printers
    一种新的电脑打印机
  19. 19. vt. [people, trees+] (form rows along) 沿...排成行
    Crowds lined the route.
    一群人沿路排成一行。
  20. 20. vt. (form layer inside) 覆盖...的里层
    Moisture lined the walls of the cave.
    湿气覆盖洞穴内壁。
    the muscles that line the intestines
    肠内壁的肌肉
  21. 21. vt. [+clothing] (put lining in) 加里衬于
  22. 22. vt. [+container] 放在...的内壁
    to line sth with sth
    把某物放在某物的内壁
    hold the line please!
    [电信] 请稍等！
    to stand {or} wait in line
    [esp US] 排队等候
  23. 23. vt. 英 = queue
    in line with
    与...一致
    to be in line for sth
    即将获得某事物
    somewhere along {or} down the line
    在某个时期
    to bring sth into line with sth
    使某物与某物一致
    to be on the line
    [job, reputation+] 面临威胁
    on the right lines
    大体正确
    to be/step out of line
    [fig] 越轨
    to draw the line at doing sth
    拒绝做某事
    to take a hard line on sth
    对某事态度强硬

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

line [laɪn] [laɪn]
  1. 1. noun 绳索；钓线；晒衣绳
    I've hung the laundry on the clothes line.
    我把洗过的衣物晾在了晾衣绳上。
  2. 2. noun 线条；尤指（铅笔、钢笔或粉笔画的）线条；缝隙；（脸上的）皱纹；掌纹
    Cut along the line.
    沿着这条线剪。
  3. 3. noun 赤道
  4. 4. noun 界线；界限；尤指（球场等的）场线[常用于组合]；界；边界线；起点；界线；终点
    side line
    边线
    The ball never crossed the line, yet was called foul by the umpire.
    球没过线，但是被裁判判为犯规。
    the State line
    (美国的)州界线
  5. 5. noun 分线；区分；界限
  6. 6. noun 测量距离（或测平）用的绳；卷尺
  7. 7. noun （船上用的）大缆；钢索；锚链
  8. 8. noun 缰绳[通常用于复]
  9. 9. noun [American English] 电线；通讯线路
    I'm afraid your line's been disconnected because your last bill hasn't been paid.
    电话线路不通是因为您上次的帐单还没有付清。
  10. 10. noun [American English] 通讯线路系统；接通电话
    Hold the line, please!
    请稍等一会儿，请不要挂断。
  11. 11. noun 输电线；管；管道；输电线系统；管道系统
  12. 12. noun 外形；外貌；轮廓
    I love the lines on a Ferrari.
    我喜欢法拉利的外形设计。
  13. 13. noun [archaic] [复数形态时]命运；运气
  14. 14. noun [通常用复数形态时]设计；草图
  15. 15. noun 一系列相关联的事（或人）尤指纸上的一行字
    We could get more lines on the page if we reduced the type size.
    如果字体小些，每页还可以多写几行字。
  16. 16. noun 一系列相关联的事（或人）尤指排；队；行列
    The prisoners formed a line against the wall.
    犯人靠着墙站成了一排。
  17. 17. noun 一系列相关联的事（或人）尤指作业线
  18. 18. noun 按时间、地点、顺序连接的一系列人或事物
    a line of Democratic presidents
    连续当选的民主党几位总统
  19. 19. noun 【同义词】lineage
  20. 20. noun 家族；家系；血统
  21. 21. noun [American English] 交通系统
  22. 22. noun [American English] 运输公司
    He works for a shipping line.
    他在海运公司做事。
  23. 23. noun 运输线路
    the main line of a railroad
    铁路干线
  24. 24. noun 铁轨
    The train was delayed due to fallen trees on the line.
    有棵树倒在了铁轨上，因此火车晚点了。
  25. 25. noun 路线；途经
  26. 26. noun 方法；方式；行动的方向
    The government's official line has always been to refuse to negotiate with terrorists.
    政府策略一向都是拒绝和恐怖分子谈判。
  27. 27. noun （运动的）路线
  28. 28. noun 职业；行业；行当；擅长
    What's his line?
    他的职业是什么?
    You meet some very interesting people in my line of business.
    干我们这行，你会遇到很多有趣的人。
  29. 29. noun [American English] 商品的一种；同类商品的库存
  30. 30. noun 知识领域；兴趣范围；能力
  31. 31. noun 消息；迹象
    a line on a bargain
    商品信息
  32. 32. noun 短信；信简
    Drop me a line.
    请寄给我一封短信。
  33. 33. noun （长度单位）十二分之一时；诗行 分之一时；诗行
  34. 34. noun [复数形态时]台词
  35. 35. noun [verbal] 曲意奉承
  36. 36. noun 主要用于英格兰，[复数形态时]结婚证书[全称 marriage lines]
  37. 37. noun [bridge] 区别王牌记分和一般墩牌记分的横线
  38. 38. noun [American English] [rugby] line of scrimmage的缩略
  39. 39. noun [American English] [rugby] 赛前站在扭夺线上的队员行列
  40. 40. noun [mathematics] 线
  41. 41. noun [mathematics] 直线
  42. 42. noun [military] 横队；整列的战舰
  43. 43. noun [military] 战线；前线
    They were taken prisoner while on a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines.
    他们在敌后执行侦察任务时被俘。
  44. 44. noun [military] 前线部队
  45. 45. noun [military] 前线指挥员
  46. 46. noun [American English] [military] 战斗部队（以别于后勤人员、参谋人员）
  47. 47. noun [music] 乐谱线
  48. 48. noun [television] 扫描线
  49. 49. noun [slang] 谎话或观点，用以引诱某人的谎话（参见lines）
    He keeps giving me that line about not being able to do any work because his computer isn't working properly.
    他总骗我说他的电脑坏了，不能工作。
  50. 50. noun [slang] 被排成一排、均匀切分的可卡因，供吸食之用（毒品相关用语）
  51. 51. vt. 用线标示；用线描画
  52. 52. vt. 划线于；使有线条
  53. 53. vt. 使排成一列（常与up连用）
  54. 54. vt. 沿…排列
    Elms line the streets.
    街道两旁榆树种植成行。
  55. 55. vt. 安排成一行
    line the walk with flowers
    把鲜花沿人行道排成一行
  56. 56. vt. [American English] [baseball] （击球手）使（击出的球）直飞
  57. 57. vi. 排队（通常与up连用）

Collins English-English Dictionary

line [laɪn]
  1. 1. n [US and Canadian] a line of people, vehicles, etc, waiting for something queue
  2. 2. n a narrow continuous mark, as one made by a pencil, pen, or brush across a surface
  3. 3. n such a mark cut into or raised from a surface
  4. 4. n a thin indented mark or wrinkle
  5. 5. n a straight or curved continuous trace having no breadth that is produced by a moving point
  6. 6. n
  7. 7. n [maths] any straight one-dimensional geometrical element whose identity is determined by two points. A line segment lies between any two points on a line
  8. 8. n a set of points (x, y) that satisfies the equation y = mx + c, where m is the gradient and c is the intercept with the y-axis
  9. 9. n a border or boundary
    the county line
  10. 10. n
  11. 11. n [sport] a white or coloured band indicating a boundary or division on a field, track, etc
  12. 12. n a mark or imaginary mark at which a race begins or ends
  13. 13. n
  14. 14. n See line of scrimmage
  15. 15. n [American football] the players arranged in a row on either side of the line of scrimmage at the start of each play
  16. 16. n a specified point of change or limit
    the dividing line between sanity and madness
  17. 17. n
  18. 18. n the edge or contour of a shape, as in sculpture or architecture, or a mark on a painting, drawing, etc, defining or suggesting this
  19. 19. n the sum or type of such contours or marks, characteristic of a style or design
    the line of a draughtsman
    the line of a building
  20. 20. n anything long, flexible, and thin, such as a wire or string
    a washing line
    a fishing line
  21. 21. n a telephone connection
    a direct line to New York
  22. 22. n
  23. 23. n a conducting wire, cable, or circuit for making connections between pieces of electrical apparatus, such as a cable for electric-power transmission, telecommunications, etc
  24. 24. n (as modifier)
    the line voltage
  25. 25. n a system of travel or transportation, esp over agreed routes
    a shipping line
  26. 26. n a company operating such a system
  27. 27. n a route between two points on a railway
  28. 28. n
  29. 29. n [chiefly Brit] a railway track, including the roadbed, sleepers, etc
  30. 30. n one of the rails of such a track
  31. 31. n [NZ] a roadway usually in a rural area
  32. 32. n a course or direction of movement or advance
    the line of flight of a bullet
  33. 33. n a course or method of action, behaviour, etc
    take a new line with him
  34. 34. n a policy or prescribed course of action or way of thinking (often in the phrases bring or come into line)
  35. 35. n a field of study, interest, occupation, trade, or profession
    this book is in your line
  36. 36. n alignment; true (esp in the phrases in line, out of line)
  37. 37. n one kind of product or article
    a nice line in hats
  38. 38. n [NZ] a collection of bales of wool all of the one type
  39. 39. n a row of persons or things
    a line of cakes on the conveyor belt
  40. 40. n a chronological or ancestral series, esp of people
    a line of prime ministers
  41. 41. n a row of words printed or written across a page or column
  42. 42. n a unit of verse consisting of the number of feet appropriate to the metre being used and written or printed with the words in a single row
  43. 43. n a short letter; note
    just a line to say thank you
  44. 44. n a piece of useful information or hint about something
    give me a line on his work
  45. 45. n one of a number of narrow horizontal bands forming a television picture
  46. 46. n [physics] a narrow band in an electromagnetic spectrum, resulting from a transition in an atom, ion, or molecule of a gas or plasma
  47. 47. n
  48. 48. n [music] any of the five horizontal marks that make up the stave - Compare space
  49. 49. n the musical part or melody notated on one such set
  50. 50. n a discernible shape formed by sequences of notes or musical sounds
    a meandering melodic line