line

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
/lɑɪn/|[lɑe̯n]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
    — maknae line; hyung line; 97 line
  2. Flax, linen. obsolete,uncountable
  3. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
    — The arrow descended in a curved line.
  4. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.; An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
  5. The longer fiber(s) of flax. uncountable
  6. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.; A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure. informal
  7. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.; An edge of a graph.
  8. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.; A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
  9. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.; The equator.
  10. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.; One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
  11. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.; The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
  12. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.; The goal line.
    — St Johnstone's Liam Craig had to clear off the line before Steven Anderson sent a looping header into his own net for the equaliser on 36 minutes.
  13. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.; A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
    — "I guess it's like race cars - if you get the right line you can come out at top speed."
  14. A rope, cord, string, thread, or cable, of any thickness.
  15. A hose, tube, or pipe, of any size.
    — a brake line
  16. Direction, path.
    — the line of sight
  17. A procession, either physical or conceptual, which results from the application or effect of a given rationale or other controlling principles of belief, opinion, practice, or phenomenon.
    — line of thinking
  18. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
    — I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
  19. A clothesline.
    — We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail.
  20. A short letter, a written form of communication.
    — Drop me a line.
  21. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.; a railroad line, railway line, Elizabeth Line etc.
    — a line of stages
  22. A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces. especially
  23. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
    — Eden stretch'd her Line / From Auran Eastward to the Royal Towrs / Of great Seleucia,
  24. A conceptual division or distinction.
    — fine line
  25. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
  26. A measuring line or cord. obsolete
    — The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
  27. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
    — The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
  28. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
  29. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
  30. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
    — get in line
  31. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.; Ellipsis of line of battle. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  32. The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
  33. A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
    — Students and the instructor sing the harmony line while the instructor plays the melody line on the piano.
  34. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
  35. A small amount of text. Specifically:; A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
    — The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.
  36. A small amount of text. Specifically:; A verse (in poetry).
    — Nay if you read this line, remember not, / The hand that writ it.
  37. A small amount of text. Specifically:; A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
    — He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar.
  38. A small amount of text. Specifically:; A lie, exaggeration, or spin, especially one said to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
    — Don't feed me a line!
  39. A small amount of text. Specifically:; A lie, exaggeration, or spin, especially one said to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.; Ellipsis of pick-up line. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  40. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
    — He [Mackintosh] is uncommonly powerful in his own line; but it is not the line of a first-rate man.
  41. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
    — Remember, your answers must match the party line.
  42. Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.) slang
    — Judy gave me a line on a lawyer who's supposed to be the best in the business.
  43. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
    — line of business, product line
  44. A number of shares taken by a jobber.
  45. Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude
    — Withof estimates that the hair of the beard grows one line (French) in the course of a week, let us call it one line and a half (Engish); this would amount to six inches and a half yearly...
  46. Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:; A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms. historical
  47. Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:; One twelfth of an inch.
    — The cut is measured in thickness from a quarter of a line to a line and a half (a line is one-twelfth of an inch).
  48. Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:; One sixteenth of an inch.
  49. Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude:; One fortieth of an inch.
    — In case any of the committee do not understand what is meant by a rate per line, I may say that buttons, being very small, are not measured by the foot or inch, but by the line, a line being one-fortieth of an inch. For example, that is a 27-line button[…].
  50. Ellipsis of agate line (one fourteenth of an inch). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — Advertising rates, line contract, less than 500 agate lines, 12 cents per line; 1,000 to 2,000 lines, 7 cents; 5,000 to 10,000 lines, 5 cents.
  51. A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux. historical
  52. The batter's box. slang,with-definite-article
  53. The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
    — Thus, for example, in the line of Quarte, the direct thrust is parried by dropping the point under the adversary's blade and circling upwards, throwing off the attack in the opposite line (that of Tierce), and upon the direct thrust in the line of Tierce, by a similar action throwing off the attack in the opposite line (that of Quarte).
  54. Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
    — the engine is in line / out of line
  55. A portion or serving of a powdery recreational drug, especially cocaine, formed into a line on a flat surface in preparation for snorting. informal
    — I watched him take a line of cocaine.
  56. Instruction; doctrine. obsolete
    — Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun.
  57. A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
  58. a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
  59. A group of forwards that play together.
  60. A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
  61. A vascular catheter. colloquial
    — patient had a line inserted
动词 v.
  1. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen. transitive
    — to line a cloak with silk or fur
  2. To copulate with, to impregnate. archaic,transitive
  3. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align. transitive
    — to line troops
  4. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify. transitive
    — to line works with soldiers
  5. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money. transitive
    — to line the shelves
  6. To form a line along. transitive
  7. To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines. transitive
    — to line a copy book
  8. To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
    — The dispatcher lined the switches at Pickle interlocking for the freight turnout to clear the train into the passing track before the express arrived.
  9. To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray. obsolete,transitive
    — All the pictures fairest lined Are but black to Rosalind.
  10. To read or repeat line by line. dated,transitive
    — to line out a hymn
  11. To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground. intransitive
    — Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.
  12. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight. transitive
  13. To measure. transitive
感叹词 intj.
  1. Expresses that the speaker has forgotten their dialogue and needs to be prompted with it.

词形变化

lines plural lines present,singular,third-person lining participle,present lined participle,past lined past lines plural lin alternative lyne alternative lines present,singular,third-person lining participle,present lined participle,past lined past lin alternative lyne alternative lines present,singular,third-person lining participle,present lined participle,past lined past

词汇关系

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11 lines 18-yard line above-line above the line absorption line acanthiomeatal line accommodation line across the line address line advanced stop line adviceline agonic line airline air line aline A-line along the lines of anchor line apse line Armstrong line Armstrong's line arterial line art line assembly line asymmetric digital subscriber line attention line backline back line balkline Balmer line bankline barline bar line baseline bassline battle-line battleline battle line baulk line beachline beamline beardline Beau's lines bee-line beeline beer line below the line beltline between the lines bikini line bikini line incision birthline bitline blackline Blaschko's line Blaschko's lines bloodline blue line blueline blue line process blur the line blur the lines body line bombline borderline bottom line bottom-line bottom of the line brake line branch line breadline bread line breast line bridgeline bright line bright-line rule Brighton line bring into line broadline Brocard line browline bucket line bulkhead line bungee line buntline bus line bustline buttock line byline Cantlie line capital market line capline careline carline cash on the line catchline cave line Cayley lines cell line center line centerline centreline chalk line Champy's line chatline chat line chat-up line cheatline childline chorus line chowline chow line circline clear one's lines clew line clewline cliffline clothesline clothes line cloudline coachline coastline codeline cod line codline coline color inside the lines color line color outside the lines colour inside the lines colour outside the lines come down the line command line command-line interface command line interface command-line interpreter complex line complex projective line conga line contact line containment line continuation line contour line cookline copyline cork line corkline correction line counterline countline county line coverline crane-line craze line cream line creamline credit line creekline crestline crisis line critical line crossed line crossing the line crossline cross the line crotchline crow-line cut in line cutline cut line danceline dandy line Date Line dateline datum line Davis Line deadline defensive line defensive line of scrimmage delay line deline demarcation line desire line DEW line digital subscriber line disassembly line distance line dividing line domination line doorline dotted bar line dotted line double bar line double-line whip double vertical line double yellow line down-line down line down the line dragline draw a line draw a line in the sand draw a line under draw lines in the sand draw the line drip line dripperline driveline dropline drop someone a line drumline dryline dry line Durand Line dyeline eddyline eigenline elevated line emission line empire line end line end of the line enemy line equiglacial line equinoctial line Euler line eyeline fall in line fall line fancy line fatherline fault line fault-line feeder line feedline feed line female line fenceline fence line field line fill line fine line finishing line finish line fireline firing line firm line first-line fishing line fishline flashline flatline flat line flight line floatline flow line flowline fly line fog line food line foreline formline forward line foul line frameline Frauenhofer's line Fraunhofer line freeline free-throw line Frenkel line front-line frontline front line frost line fuel line full-line forcing gain line gangline gapeline gas line gateline general line Gergonne line germline geronimo line get across the line get a line on get in line get over the line get someone in a line Ginger Line girthline give someone line goal line goal-line gobline grainline greenline green line grey line greyline gridline grind line grounding line groundline growth arrest line guardline guide line guideline gumline gunline gun line Gunter's line guy line guyline gyroline hairline hair line Hajnal line half-court line half-line halfway line handline hardline hard line hard-line hard lines Harris line Hart's line head line headline head-of-line heart line heartline heaving line bend hedgeline helpline hemline hem-line Hickman line highline high line highlining high-voltage transmission line hintline hipline hit off the line hog line hog line violation hold the line hoodline hook-and-liner hoseline hotline hot line houseline hydrogen line imaginary line implied line infoline inkline in line in-line in-line engine in-line expansion in-line skate in-line skater in-line skating in line with inside line interline International Date Line in the line of duty isogonal line isoline isotropic line jawline joint line joke line Joret line jugline jump the line Karman line Kerley line keyline kickline kill line k-line landline land line lashline lash line lateral line laugh line laughter-lines laughter lines laundry line lay on the line leading line leadline lead line lead the line lease line ledger line leech line leechline leger line ley line lifeline life-line life line liftline light line limbline limit line lineable line abreast line ahead line and length line art linebacker linebacking line-ball line-blue line bracelet line brawl line break line breeding linebreeding linebroadening line by line line car line card linecaster linecasting line charge line chart line-clear line cliché line code line conch line conductor line cook line crash linecut line-dance line dance line dancing line defect line doubler line drawing linedrawing line drawn in water line drawn on water line drop line-dry line edit line-edit line editing line element line engraving line feed linefill line fish line fisher line fishing lineflow line function line gauge line graph line gun line haul linehaul line-height line hypnosis line infantry line integral line in the sand line item line-item veto line judge linel lineless linelet linelike line lock line-loin merger linemaker lineman line manager line marriage linemate linemode line noise line number Line of Actual Control line of apsides line of attack line of battle line of battle ship line of beauty line of best fit line of Blaschko line of business line of centers line of communication line of communications line of contact line of country line of credit line of dance line of dip line of duty line officer line of fire line of force line of inquiry line of least resistance line of levels line of life line of march line of nodes line of operations line of play line of purples line of questioning line of scrimmage line of seven line of sight line-of-sight line of striction line of succession line of supply line of thought line of work lineoid line-out line plot line printer line scan linescore line segment line shaft line shafting lineshape line shooting lineside line slip linesman lines of Blaschko linespace linespacing line spectrum line speed linespeed linesperson line storm linestrength linestring lineswoman line thrower line to gain line tub line umpire line-up line up behind line up one's ducks linewalker line walker line weight linewidth linewise linework lineworker liney linotype lipline load line load water line log line logline longe line long gray line longline long line long-line bra long-line brassiere loop line loopline losing line low line lowline lubber line Lüders' line lunchline lunge line Mackie line Maginot Line magistral line mainline main line makeline male line marionette line marriage line marriage lines Mason and Dixon line Mason-Dixon line Mason's and Dixon's line mass line matrilineal line McDowell line median line melodic line Mendoza line mermaid's fishing line midline milk line misline miter line mitre line Mogadishu line monoline mooring line morning line motherline mother's line mouthline multi-line multiline mylohyoid line nearline neat line neatline neckline neutron drip line newline nightline nine-dash line Nobert's lines nose line no-sky line number line oblique line occult line Oder-Neisse Line offensive line offensive line of scrimmage off line offline oldline old-line one-liner one-line sky one-line whip online on line on the line on the lines of opening line ordinary line outline out of line overhead line overline overstep the line over the line over-the-line paceline panty line party line Pascal lines passenger dedicated line pathline patrilineal line payline peace line pectinate line pedal line pelvic lines penetration line penny-a-line Philo line phone line picket line pick up line pickup line pick-up line pierhead line pipeline pipe line plain line playline Plimsoll line plotline plot line Plücker lines plumb line point-in-line polar line police line polyline potline poverty line power-line power line power line communication power-line communication power transmission line production line product line projective line property line pseudoline punchline punch line put one's ass on the line Q-line questline quitline racing line radical line rail line railroad line railway line raise the line ramline ratline read between the lines real line real number line receiving line redline red line red-line torpedo barb reef line reline renban line retention line reverse line feed rhumb line rhumb-line ridgeline rising line rod line roofline ropeline rope line run lines running line salt line sample line scanline scan line scare-line scare line Schreger line scoreline sealine seamline secant line second line second-line security market line seedline seismic line selfline service line setline sex line shearline shear line shebang line sheetline ship of the line ship-of-the-line shoreline shortline short line shoutline shrub line sideline side line side-line Siegfried Line sightline sign on the dotted line silverline simian line Simson line single-line whip single yellow line skip the line skyline slab line slackline slant line slash line slimline slug line smile line smoker's lines snakeline snapline snow line Soddy line softline soft-liner Solomon's seal lines somewhere along the line songline sounding line soupline space line spaceline Spanish line sparkline spectral line Speyer line spool-and-line springing line spring line squall line stand on line startline state line static line status line stay within the lines stemline step on someone's lines step out of line stink line stop line storyline story line straight line strand line strandline strapline strap line streakline streamline stringline stripline subline sun line superline supply line surf line Surovikin Line swap line sweep line swimline swingline Sylvester's line problem tag line tagline tangent line tan line tapeline taut-line hitch tear line tee line telegraph line telephone line telpher line the line is busy thin blue line Thin Red Line third-line forcing three-line whip three-point line through-line throughline through line throw line throwline tideline timber line timberline time line timeline time-line Tinkerbell line tipline toe the line toll line top-line topline top line top of the line touch line touchline towline tow line Town Line tow the line toy line toyline trackline tradeline trade line tram line tramline transmission line transversal line trapline trash line trayline tree-line tree line trenchline trend line trilinear line trim line tripline tripping line trotline truckline trunk line trunkline try line tumpline tump line twiddling line two-line two-line brevier two-line double pica two-line English two-line great primer two-line pass two-line pica two-line whip uniline unline unnie line up-line up line vertical line Virchow's line V-line V line von Karman line vortex line waistline walk a straight line walk in straight lines walk the chalk line walk the line Wallace line warmline warm line washing line wash line washline waterline water line water-line model Weber's Line wetline wet line whale line which line goes to whipline whip line white line white line disease white line fever wild line winchline wireline woodline wordline work the line world line worry line wrack line xenoline yellow line yield line yoke line zero line zip line zip-line zipline Zöllner's lines line out underline line in line off line someone's pockets line up line one's pockets liner

词源

词源 1
From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).
Influenced in Middle English by Middle French ligne (“line”), from Latin linea. More at linen.
The oldest sense of the word is “rope, cord, thread”; from this the senses “path”, “continuous mark” were derived.
词源 2
Borrowed from Korean 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), itself from English line. Likely generalized via hyung line, maknae line, etc.
词源 3
From Old English līn (“flax, linen, cloth”). For more information, see the entry linen.
词源 4
Etymology tree
Middle French lignerbor.
English line
Borrowed from Middle French ligner.
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