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1 on paper/on the ground 在纸上/在地上 [countableC]LINE a long thin mark on a piece of paper, the ground, or another surface 线，线条

Draw a straight line across the top of the page.

在这一页的上方画一条直线。

Sign your name on the dotted line (=line made up of a series of dots).

在虚线上签名。

The edges of the pitch are marked by white lines.

球场的四边画着白线。

The goalkeeper just managed to stop the ball going over the line.

守门员刚好把球截住，没有让它越过球门线。

He raced towards the finishing line.

他朝终点线冲刺。

2 between two areas 在两个区域之间 [countableC]LINE an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth, for example showing where one country or area of land stops and another begins 〔地球上边界线等设想的〕线

county/state line American EnglishAmE

He was born in a small town just across the state line.

他的出生地正好位于州界线另一头的一个小镇。

line of latitude/longitude

They were still travelling along the same line of longitude.

他们依旧在同一条经线上飞行。

► see thesaurus at border → International Date Line

3 of people/things 人/物的 [countableC]

a) LINEa row of people or things next to each other 排，列，行

line of

There was a line of fir trees on either side of the road.

道路两旁枞树林立。

The four men were standing in a line on the other side of the table.

那四个男人在桌子的另一边站成一排。

A couple of the posts were out of line (=not in a straight row).

有几根柱子没有排成一条直线。

b) LINE especially American EnglishAmE a row of people, cars etc that are waiting one behind the other 〔人、汽车等在等候时排的〕队，队伍 SYN British English queue

I looked in despair at the long line in front of the ticket office.

我绝望地看着售票处前面的长队。

line of

I joined the line of vehicles waiting to get into the car park.

我排进车辆的队伍，等着进停车场。

stand/wait in line

Customers stood in line for 20 minutes at the cash register.

顾客在收银机前排了20分钟的队。

He tried to cut in line (=go in front of other people who are waiting).

他试图插队。

The woman next in line began to mutter to herself.

排在后面的那个女人开始嘀嘀咕咕地自言自语。

4 direction 方向 [countableC]DIRECTION the direction or imaginary line along which something travels between two places 行进的方向；路线

Light travels in a straight line.

光沿直线传播。

A boat came into my line of vision (=the direction I was looking in).

一艘船进入了我的视线。

line of fire/attack/movement etc (=the direction in which someone shoots, attacks, moves etc) 射击/攻击/行动等的方向

I was directly in the animal’s line of attack.

我正好处于那动物的攻击方向。

They knew they needed to block their enemy’s supply lines (=the direction used for carrying supplies of food etc).

他们知道必须封锁敌人的补给线。

5 on your face 在脸上 [countableC]LINE a line on the skin of someone’s face 皱纹 → wrinkle

She frowned, and deep lines appeared between her eyebrows.

她皱起眉头，眉心出现深深的皱纹。

There were fine lines around her eyes.

她眼睛周围有细纹。

No one can avoid lines and wrinkles as they get older.

人年纪大了免不了长皱纹。

6 phone 电话 [countableC]TCT a telephone wire or connection 电话线(路)

7 for trains 供火车使用 [countableC]TTT a track that a train travels along 铁路线，铁道，铁轨

8 between two types of thing 在两类事物之间 [countableC usually singular] the point at which one type of thing can be considered to be something else or at which it becomes a particular thing 〔事物的〕分界线

9 shape/edge 轮廓/边缘 [countableC usually plural]SHAPE the outer shape of something long or tall 〔长或高的物件的〕线条，轮廓，外形

10 words 词语 [countableC]

11 opinion/attitude 看法/态度OPINION [singular] an opinion or attitude, especially one that someone states publicly and that influences their actions 〔尤指公开表明并影响本人行为的〕态度，方针，路线

12 way of doing STH 做某事的方式WAY/MANNER [countableC] a particular way of doing something or of thinking about something 方式，方法

13 series of events 一系列事件 [countableC usually singular] a series of events that follow each other 一连串事情

14 in a war 在战争中 [countableC]PM the edge of an area that is controlled by an army, where soldiers stay and try to prevent their enemy from moving forward 防线，战线

15 in a company/organization 在公司/组织里 [countableC] a series of levels of authority within an organization 各级人员

16 of rope/wire 绳子/电线的 [countableC]DHC a piece of strong string, rope, or wire used for a particular purpose 〔作某用途的〕一段绳子[电线等]

17 product 产品 [countableC]BBT a type of goods for sale in a shop 〔商店货品的〕种类，类型

18 along these/those lines (also along the lines of something) similar to something else 这一类的，类似的

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along these/those lines• Democritus drew up a map along these lines.• It would be quite wrong to claim that it gave us orders along those lines.• The parties have made promises along these lines.• Different proposals along these lines have already been introduced by members of Congress from both parties.• Frankly, I had nothing to share along those lines.• Opposition leaders are afraid to give Milosevic the pretext to use more brutality and proclaim martial law or something along those lines.• In fact, I was thinking I might try and start something along those lines as soon as I can.• I was getting a lot of work along these lines in the theater.

19 along religious/ethnic/party etc lines if people divide along religious, party etc lines, they divide according to the religion, political party, or other group they belong to 按照宗教/民族/党派等(划分)

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along religious/ethnic/party etc lines• The committee voted 21-16, along party lines, to empower Burton.• The Council, said the author, should not be reported as if it was divided along party lines.• It comes as no surprise that the caricatures are extended along ethnic lines.• On Capitol Hill, reactions to Bush's proposals fell predictably along party lines.• The vote was 35 to 24, almost strictly along party lines.• In Moldavia there was a marked division of voting along ethnic lines.• In the specific conditions of post-colonial underdevelopment it is not unusual to find conflict within the bourgeoisie working along ethnic lines.

20 on line

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on line• All the classrooms are now on line.

21 drop somebody a line informalWRITE to write a short letter or email to someone 给某人写短信[电子邮件]

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drop somebody a line• If any walls appear to lean, check by going back to the nearest upper window and drop a plumb line down.• Then get cracking, drop me a line with your suggestions.• Do drop me a line, Mrs Surridge, or anyone else who's interested.• Other cities have dropped their line items without allowing departments to keep any of their savings.• Why don't you give me a call or drop me a line sometime?• What ever the reason is, Mr Heaps, please drop us a line to tell us about it.• So if there are any problems drop me a line.• What do you think? Drop me a line at the Washington Post Weekend section and share your thoughts.• Do spare time to drop me a line.• If he can not do so, perhaps he will drop me a line.

22 don’t give me that line spoken used to say that you do not believe someone’s excuse 别跟我来那一套〔表示不相信对方的借口〕

23 fall into line/bring somebody into line informalOBEY to start to do what someone else wants you to do, or to make someone do this 取得一致/使某人行动一致

24 in line with something SAMEif something changes in line with something else, it changes in the same way and at the same rate as it 与某事物一致，按照某事物

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in line with something• The results it says are in line with analysts' estimates.• Wouldn't this be in line with the much-paraded environmental credentials of our major retailers?• This was excellent: ambitious, important-and, as it happened, in line with my own growing interests.• In the second place, Paul is saying that Christians should live in line with their calling.• Fourthquarter 1995 net sales, Digital Link said, were about $ 10 million, in line with year-earlier levels.• Since then, the Government has had a statutory responsibility to increase benefits only in line with prices.• The results were in line with expectations.

25 bring something into line with something SAMEto change a system so that it works according to a particular set of rules, laws etc 使某事物与某事物一致

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bring something into line with something• Himmelwright brings his argument into line with the visual evidence.

26 be out of line informal

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be out of line• In some instances, the amounts appear to be out of line with their proper share, the report says.

27 be in line for something/be in line to do something PROBABLYto be very likely to get or be given something 很有可能获得某物/做某事

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first/second/next etc in line for• As a lad, Cloud and his two brothers were next in line for the Frankish throne.

28 be first/second/next etc in line to the throne to be the person who has a right to become a future king or queen 是王位的第一/第二/下一位等继承人

29 be on the line if something important is on the line, there is a risk that you might lose it or something bad could happen to it 有失去的可能；处在危险中

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be on the line• With the game on the line, Kansas City scored two touchdowns in five minutes.• Your job's on the line in this case - you'd better make sure you're right.• More manufacturing jobs could be on the line.• An hour later the Secretary of Defense was on the line asking me what on earth I was thinking of.• Ego is on the line in front of this gaijin lady.• When a game was on the line, Carr was nowhere to be found.• We decided that if the game was on the line and something dictated it, the streak was supposed to continue.• Iain is on the line and wants Philip to meet him.• Now 350 jobs here and more than 5,000 at production bases in Birmingham and Lancashire are on the line.• A company's reputation is on the line in the way it handles complaints.

30 be in somebody’s line informalINTERESTED to be the type of thing that someone is interested in or good at 是某人感兴趣的事；是某人的专长

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be in somebody’s line• He was in a line of three cars.• The name is in the first field because it is in the first line. 8.• My father thinks they should be in curved lines.• Do not put fluffy rugs in front of open fires, where they are in the direct line of sparks.• They were in a straight line but when Boris clapped his paws they began to march.• This is in fact the line which Berger then developed.• The Law Society too was in the firing line.

31 get a line on somebody/something especially American EnglishAmE informal to get information about someone or something 获得有关某人/某事的消息

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get a line on somebody/something• Have we got any kind of line on that guy Marston?

32 somewhere along the line informalDURING at some time during an activity or period of time 在某活动[时期]中的某段时间；某个时刻

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somewhere along the line• Somewhere along the line, we just stopped talking to each other.• And somewhere along the line, the street became an idea.• Every accident may be regarded as the result of the action of a human being somewhere along the line.• They accomplished great things in their time, but somewhere along the line they got away from us.• But somewhere along the line they stopped laughing when they compared their own results with what we were achieving.• But somewhere along the line, downhill skiing was too much of a chore and an expense.• You missed your forte somewhere along the line, Meg.• If he did, the probability is that his genetic inheritance played its part somewhere along the line.• He and Wharton are related somewhere along the line.

33 down the line informal later, after an activity or situation has been continuing for a period of time 往后，以后

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down the line• He loves his back-seat role, moving quietly up and down the lines, constantly persuading and cajoling.• Otherwise he'd have been down the line after us like a shot.• And Caminiti dunked a two-run double down the line in right.• I would, I would probably do the same thing were I you know, another generation down the line.• The thing I try to do in that situation is flick my bat and start jogging down the line.• As the couple passed on down the line, George quickly approached the man.• Sherman wanted nothing less seven years down the line, when he was forty-five.

34 in the line of duty JOB/WORKhappening or done as part of your job 在工作期间发生；在执行任务时

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in the line of duty• Vice-Admiral Hawkins, of course, is acting in the line of duty.• Since then, only one officer has died in the line of duty.• Ron Brown was on a trade mission to the Balkans when he died in the line of duty.• When one of the fiercely loyal team is gunned down in the line of duty, the unit seems ready to collapse.• They ruled that officers were expected to cope with traumatic events in the line of duty.• However, none of the disciplined officers was authorized to use the guns in the line of duty.• It was the fourth time in five years she had been injured in the line of duty.• Officer Choi was killed in the line of duty.• Dave Weatherley strips off in the line of duty to put seven seriously warm bags to the test.

35 be in the firing line/in the line of fire

36 PUNISHMENT 处罚lines [plural] British EnglishBrESESPUNISH a punishment given to school children that consists of writing the same thing a lot of times 罚抄写〔对学童的处罚〕

37 family 家族 [singular]FAMILY your family, considered as the people you are related to who lived before you and the people who will live after you 世系，家族

38 job 工作 [countableC usually singular]JOB/WORK the type of work someone does 专业，行业

39 transport 交通 [countableC]TT a company that provides transport for moving goods by sea, air, road etc 运输公司

40. drug 毒品 [countableC] informalMDD an amount of an illegal drug in powder form, arranged in a line so it can be breathed in through the nose 〔粉末状毒品在吸食前排成的〕一条，一行

→ draw the line at at draw1(16), → draw a line (between something) at draw1(15), → where do you draw the line? at draw1(17), → draw a line under something at draw1(18), → hard line at hard1(21), → hook, line and sinker at hook1(9), → lay something on the line at lay2(18), → picket line, → the poverty line/level at poverty(2), → read between the lines at read1(14)

n THESAURUS

on the ground/on the surface of something

line a long thin mark on a piece of paper, the ground, or another surface

The teacher put a red line through the first sentence.

If the ball goes over the line, it’s out of play.

groove a thin line that has been cut into a surface

Deep grooves had been cut into the stone to channel the water.

Lyle ran his fingernail along the groove in the table.

rut a deep line in the ground which has been made by the wheels of vehicles

The deep ruts made by the trucks were full of water.

The tractor’s wheels caught a rut in the field and jolted him.

crease/wrinkle a line on clothes, material, or paper where it has been folded or crushed

She was trying to smooth out the creases in her dress.

She had wrinkles in her skirt where she had sat.

on someone’s face

line a line on the skin of someone’s face

The deep lines on his forehead showed that he was a worried man.

wrinkle a deep line on someone’s face caused by becoming old

The manufacturers claim that the cream will reduce wrinkles.

Even with a few wrinkles, she still looks great.

Examples from the Corpus

line• lines of longitude• Mike drew a line along the wall to show where the tiles would come up to.• Maisie had arranged her teddy bears in a line on the bed.• In front of the house there is a line of tall trees.• Start reading at line 12.• The deep lines on his forehead showed that he was a worried man.• the car's smooth elegant lines• a few lines of poetry• Martin opened the letter and read the first few lines - it was bad news.• He followed in his own limousine - then drove the Panhard a few hundred yards to the finishing line.• I'm getting little lines around my eyes.• After 30 years on the stage, I still forget my lines.• a new line of clothes for winter• a railroad line• The second line, to be ready in July, will allow traffic to be rerouted in case of another interruption.• a shipping line• a straight line• A train had broken down further along the line.• The 38th parallel is the line that divides North and South Korea.• And I remember looking back, and at the very end of the line was the calf, following us.• Their tunnel starts in our part of the line.• She, good girl, slid over the bow and into the shallows with the line.• If the ball goes over this line, it's out of play.• Read the first two lines of the poem.• Luckily by then we had enough material - together with a few more worry lines.• Monica got a fine yesterday for parking on a yellow line.

straight line• As long as he moved in a straight line at a uniform speed, he felt a wonderful sense of buoyancy.• The beam carried on in a straight line, and hit the point where the bullseye ought to have been.• Neither recovery nor relapse is a straight line.• His wife, arms folded, mouth a straight line.• In the meantime I began to set out a straight line for us to work along.• Try to keep them in a fairly straight line along each joist.• Bobbie favored straight lines over detours, but in her own way she too knew how to adapt.• All objects have a propensity to move in straight lines, upwards or downwards, towards their natural place.

county/state line• The abduction of Pam McGill prior to her murder occurred on a county line.• For purposes of consistency and enforcement across state lines, divorce laws need to be substantially federalized by the national village.• As is shown in Figures 15. 1c and 15. 2c, a considerable amount of waste crosses State lines.• When the train reached the New 160 Hampshire-Massachusetts state line, it stopped again.• Invariably, she is richer after meetings at her local track, Oaklawn, just across the state line in Arkansas.• Around 1920, he established a practice just across the state line in Copperhill, Tenn.• Adams wheeled around at the state line and took off at high speed for Oglala, about fifteen miles away.

line of• a line of bushes

in a straight line• So they must have thought they were still going in a straight line heading for the bullseye.• All objects have a propensity to move in straight lines, upwards or downwards, towards their natural place.• They followed rivers for convenience, then struck out in a straight line, bisecting mountain ranges, cutting watersheds in half.• Photographs showed it to consist of twenty or more radiant pieces in a straight line, embedded inside an extensive bright cloud.• Light always travels in a straight line.• The snow had come down the mountain and now met us on the road, sailing toward us in straight lines.• It's difficult to walk in a straight line with your eyes closed.• They are like crayfish, unable to walk in a straight line.• He blasted it and it went in a straight line from his foot to the top right hand corner.• Because it was attached to the straw and the string, it went in a straight line.

deep lines• Her pale yellow hair had long ago gone gray; deep lines ran from her nose to her mouth.• In time they turn into deep lines, wrinkles, frown marks and sagging skin.• The rough pebbles of scar tissue interrupted the deep lines that laughter had once carved into his temples.• Her skin was cleft with deep lines running from the jaw to the high jutting cheekbones.

on the line• I shrugged my shoulders and then the hospital came on the line.• The slip knot should be marked with a spot of colour on the line.• He told Sir Bryan to get the Chief Constable on the line immediately and to keep it open in the meantime.• The service was intense and an immediate turn-round was virtually possible at Delph because there were so many on the line.• On the basis of what I told them, they put money on the line.• A lot of people are putting money on the line, hoping what Petruchio says he can do, he will do.• There's a lot of static on the line.

railway line• Few railway lines were built for non-economic reasons.• The latter were concentrated quite markedly in Stratford and Forest Gate within easy reach of the main railway line into the city.• It shared them with the rickety railway line which ran parallel to the road.• Steam on the kitchen window cuts off the railway lines, making the tiny kitchen for once a friendly place.• The figure on the tracks was moving forward, stepping across the thrumming railway lines.

fine line• There is clearly a fine line between stifling government intervention and encouraging creativity and innovation.• It's a fine line between guilt and shame.• Terror was the key, of course, for there's a fine line between paralysing dread and galvanising fright.• Pressed powder can be used but it will sit on your skin and in fine lines if you overdo it.• Omite dabs at her eyes, which are surrounded by hundreds of fine lines.• Choose from: Dry Skin Cream a rich moisturiser to smooth out fine lines.• It was finished, obviously, and he had to take consolation in the fine line be-tween biology and spirit.• This is indeed treading the fine line between glory and disaster.

learn ... lines• George Birkitt got lazy about learning his lines too.• The fact could not be avoided: Michael Banks could no longer learn lines.• Do not learn your lines, as this can make the talk rather stilted unless you are a competent actor.• It's time for the synthetic actors to start learning their lines.• The only way for it to look any different is for Michael to learn the bloody lines.• On another part of the movie lot, Charlie Schlatter was learning his final lines of the drama.• He had little patience with learning lines, a habit which spread to members of his company.

line on• What's the candidate's line on abortion?

line of argument/reasoning/inquiry etc• Another line of argument emphasizes how women are rendered invisible in these statistics.• Important lines of inquiry, he realized, had not been pursued.• One of the strengths of Cable's work here is that he makes such possible lines of argument and controversy vivid.• The same line of reasoning confirms the sun-disc as a manifestation of a deity.• The same line of reasoning was applicable to the admissibility of evidence relating to previous agreements.• Mr. Jones I do not accept that line of argument from the hon. Gentleman.• This invalidates the line of reasoning just followed.• Again, this line of reasoning is purely speculative.

long line• Johann was the latest in a long line of men who had built these walls and kept them in repair.• A long line of soldiers splashed across the river and poured their fire into the silent lodges.• An estimated 40,000 sea turtles are killed each year on commercial long lines...• In the shorter term, cyanide fishing also depletes stocks faster than the traditional use of long lines, or even nets.• On the way out, he admired the long line of brilliant carriages which he had never seen before.• The name Venturous was a break from the long line of traditional names for Cutters as it had never previously been used.• The Confederates, with the smaller army, had the longer line to fill.• In their front, to their rear, and supported on each side, were long lines of blue.

front line• The entire front line, with few exceptions, went down in the consuming blast.• Foreign journalists have been turned back and some even detained at numerous checkpoints along the former front lines throughout the country.• They had never left their home, even when the Arab-Jewish front line ran behind the house in 1948.• In any dispute about public spending, you are in the front line.• Nearby was the base camp for the New Zealand Division that was away fighting in the front line.• Warren Goss was among the Federals who were hugging the ground in the front lines.• It would be like having all our soldiers in the front line at the same time.• The police didn't give any ground and on the front line they handed out as much physical punishment as they received.

washing line• There was hardly room for a washing line in the back.• Jacket taken: A sheepskin jacket worth £69 was stolen from a washing line in Hewitson Road, Darlington.• Let there be shirts on a washing line.• That is, with a path slap down the middle, a flanking washing line and four narrow borders around the edge.• They resembled washing lines, although instead of clothes, several dozen peculiar wooden and metal contraptions were pegged out.• The groups of houses and their washing lines.

the male/female line• Aberration, if it occurred, was not recorded, and the female line took second place.• A second method of proclaiming cadency down the male line of the whole blood is to display single marks of difference.• Egg colour itself is inherited down the female line, so that females stay with the bird by whom they were fostered.• Incidentally, this means that we can use mitochondria to trace our ancestry, strictly down the female line.• The family was one of the most prolific in the parish, but in the end the male line withered.• X genes are not the only genes inherited through the female line.

line of work/business• Henson had to leave real-estate, which had been his line of business since 1969.• In his line of business you don't get to be forty unless you have something on the ball.• I meet some interesting people in my line of work.• It should be anticipated that eventually the best qualified and experienced public service professionals will opt for some other line of work.• About half way up the ridge a small line of works had been thrown up.• But I needed cash quickly to set up in that line of business.• His wife, a former social worker, gave up that line of work when she concluded it was hopeless.• I didn't go into this line of work to take the easy option every time things get rough.• Some, unfortunately, have simply chosen the wrong line of work.• But maybe Behring is just in the wrong line of work.

Related topics: Clothes & fashion

line2 verb [transitiveT]

1 DCto sew a piece of material onto the inside or back of another piece to make it stronger or warmer 给…加衬里

2 COVERto form a layer over the inner surface of something 铺，垫〔某物内部〕

3 LINEto form rows along the sides of something 沿…排列成行

4. line your own pockets RICHto make yourself richer, especially by doing something dishonest – used to show disapproval 中饱私囊〔含贬义〕

5 line up phrasal verbphr v → line-up

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line up• They lined the prisoners up and shot them.• The guard ordered us to line up by the wall.• The horses were being lined up for the start of the race.• He lined the dolls up from tallest to shortest.• He lined up the plates on the table in front of them.• Christopher and the other children lined up to receive their awards.

line with• He drew his parang, lining Kaptan up with his clenched left fist for the blade blow with the right.• It must line its stripes up with the lines of the bark if it is to be camouflaged.• This tactic had the added advantage of lining us up with the village where the jeep would be waiting.

got ... lined up• Look what we've got lined up.• Somehow Price had found their place, and Corporal Petrossian with his mania for detail had got the platoon lined up correctly.

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line• Use wax paper to line the baking pan.• Harbin lined the ball into right field.• Bags of manure line the shelves.• Fans lined the street just to get a glimpse of the band.• Hundreds of people lined the streets to see the football team go by.• Its boasts about fanatical recruits lining up for paradise through the martyrdom of suicide-bombing may be bluster.• In addition, the Hurricanes also lined up several weeks back and rather easily handled then-No. 2 Virginia Tech.• The route taken by the Queen was lined with crowds of people waving flags.• These are no longer there either, but the edges of the field were lined with horse boxes, vans and trailers.• The coffin's interior had apparently been lined with thick felt.

line something with something• The jacket is lined with fur.• We lined the box with newspaper.

be lined with something• It was lined with baize, on which reposed row upon row of miniatures.• The lobby and stairwell are lined with banners, athletic trophies and school bulletins.• The boots are lined with Cambrelle throughout which effectively wicks away any excessive perspiration.• The streets are lined with celebrants.• This hallway was lined with pink-tinted mirrors.• Its verandah was lined with potted shrubs, and connected to the bank by a gangway.• The corridor was lined with windows overlooking a central quadrangle.

From Longman Business Dictionary

lineline /laɪn/ noun [countableC]

1 (also product line)MARKETING a type of product that a company makes or sells, often with several different sizes, models etcSYN RANGE

It continues to get about two-thirds of its revenue from this one product, despite repeated efforts to diversify its product line (=develop new products).

Hasbro, the maker of the G.I. Joe line of dolls

→ full line

2MANUFACTURING a team of people who work together, each doing a different job but working to achieve the same thing

→ assembly line

3COMMERCEsomeone’s line of work, business etc is the work that they do

A corporation may get into a certain line of business as a short-term objective to generate cash-flow.

4TRANSPORTTRAVELa company providing a system for moving goods or people by sea, air, road etc

a cartel that shut out rival shipping lines

5a telephone connection, or a telephone number you can call if you have a particular kind of question or problem

Our lines are open 7 days a week.

If you want advice, you can call our Action Line.

→ see also landline

6hold the line if you ask someone you are speaking to on the telephone to hold the line, you are asking them politely to wait for a short time

If you will please hold the line a moment I will see if Mr Wyatt is available.

7on the line if someone is on the line, they have called you on the telephone

Can’t it wait? I’ve got a client on the line.

8on the line if your job, home etc is on the line, you risk losing it

They have put their homes on the line to do this deal.

If they fail, their reputations are on the line.

9in line with if something changes in line with something else, it changes at the same rate

The value of these stocks is uprated each year in line with changes in the retail price index.

10in line for likely to get something

If he delivers the goods, he should be in line for a job on the committee.

11on/off lineCOMPUTING if you are on line, your computer is connected to other computers or the Internet. If a computer is off line, it is not connected to other computers or the Internet

You can book tickets on line (=on the Internet).

12come on line if a system, arrangement or new product comes on line, it becomes available

New oil production wells are coming on line.

13sign on the dotted line to agree officially to something by writing your name on a document

Demand that the repairs are done before you sign on the dotted line.

14in the firing line/in the line of fire in a position where you can be criticized or blamed for something

When things go wrong, company directors are the ones in the firing line.

Origin line1

(1200-1300) Partly from Old French ligne, from Latin linea, from linum “flax”; partly from Old English line

line2

(1300-1400) line “flax”, from Old English lin; → LINEN

→n THESAURUS1line2 verb

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IELTS BNC: 277 COCA: 276

line

noun¹

long thin mark on the surface of sth線條

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LINE | LINE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES

ADJECTIVE

➤long長線

▸➤short短線

▸➤thick粗線

▸➤fine, thin細線

➤faint模糊的線

◇a faint white line模糊的白線

➤direct, straight直線

▸➤curved, jagged, wavy, zigzag曲線；鋸齒狀線；波浪線；曲折線

▸➤diagonal, horizontal, parallel, perpendicular, vertical對角線；水平線；平行線；垂線；垂直線

▸➤continuous, solid, unbroken實線

▸➤broken, dashed, dotted虛線

◇Sign on the dotted line.在虛線處簽字。

➤finish, finishing, starting (all ~~sport體育~~) 終點線；起點線

➤free-throw, goal (both ~~sport體育~~) 罰球線；球門線

◇The ball bounced off the crossbar and fell behind the goal line.球從球門橫梁上彈出，落在球門線後。

➤contour（地圖上的）等高線

➤boundary, state (NAmE) 邊界線；州界線

◇the boundary line between two countries兩國之間的邊界線

◇His family lived across the state line in West Virginia.他的家人住在州界線那邊的西弗吉尼亞州境內。

➤centre/center中心線

◇She crossed the centre / center line and hit an oncoming truck.她越過中心線，撞上了一輛迎面而來的卡車。

VERB + LINE

➤draw, mark畫線；標出線

LINE + VERB

➤run線延伸

▸➤divide sth, separate sth線劃分⋯；線分開⋯

➤connect sth線連接⋯

◇The pencil line connects one box to another.鉛筆線把一個方框與另一個方框連起來。

➤correspond to sth, denote sth, depict sth, indicate sth, mark sth, represent sth, show sth線對應⋯；線指示⋯；線描繪⋯；線指明⋯；線標出⋯；線代表⋯；線表示⋯

◇Horizontal lines indicate the time spent executing the program.水平線表示執行程序所花時間。

PREPOSITION

➤in a line成一條線

◇Walk in a straight line.走直線。

PHRASES

➤a line of latitude, a line of longitude緯線；經線

line

noun²

row of people, things, words on a page, etc.列

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LINE | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤long, short長隊列；短隊列

▸➤new新排的隊列

▸➤continuous連續的隊列

VERB + LINE

➤form排成行

PREPOSITION

➤in a/the line成隊列

◇The soldiers stood in a line.士兵站成一排。

➤on a/the line以一行

◇Start each paragraph on a new line.每一段另起一行。

line

noun³

(NAmE)

people, etc. waiting to do sth排隊

➡ see also

queue

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LINE | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤long, short長長的／很短的等候隊伍

➤checkout, lunch等候付款的／等候午餐的隊伍

◇supermarket checkout lines超市付款處等候的隊列

◇The lunch line was long as usual.午餐那裏照常排着長隊。

VERB + LINE

➤form排隊

PREPOSITION

➤in line在隊列裏

◇You'll have to wait in line like everybody else.你必須和所有其他人一樣排隊等候。

line

noun⁴

telephone, electricity, gas, etc.電話；電；燃氣

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LINE | LINE + VERB | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤direct, trunk直達線路；幹線

▸➤power, transmission, utility (NAmE) 電力線；傳輸線；公共事業管線

➤sewer (NAmE) 污水管線

➤fuel, gas (both NAmE) 燃料／輸氣管線

◇There were two fuel lines coming into the engine.有兩條燃料線路接入發動機。

➤phone, telephone電話線路

➤DSL數字用戶線路

➤fax傳真線路

▸➤outside, party, private外線；合用線；專用線

◇What do I dial for an outside line?應該怎麼撥外線？

VERB + LINE

➤hold不掛電話

◇Hold the line (= Don't put the receiver down), please.請別掛電話。

LINE + VERB

➤be busy, be engaged (BrE) 線路忙；電話佔線

▸➤be dead, go dead線路不通／掛斷

PREPOSITION

➤down the line在電話的另一端

◇He kept shouting down the line at me.他一直在電話的另一端衝我大喊大叫。

➤on the line在打電話

◇It's your mother on the line (= on the telephone).是你母親打的電話。

➤on line (usually online)

(= connected to a computer system)

在線

line

noun⁵

transport/transportation交通線路

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LINE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES

ADJECTIVE

➤rail, railway, train鐵路線

➤subway, underground (especially BrE) 地鐵線路

▸➤main鐵路主幹線

▸➤branch, commuter, trunk鐵路支線；通勤鐵路線；主幹線路

◇The branch line is threatened with closure.這條鐵路支線面臨關停。

VERB + LINE

➤take乘某條線路

◇Take the green line and change at the first stop.乘綠色線路，在第一站換車。

PREPOSITION

➤on a/the line在某線上

◇We live on the Northern Line. (BrE) 我們住在北線上。

PHRASES

➤the end of the line線路的終點

line

noun⁶

(usually lines)

words spoken by an actor in a play台詞

VERB + LINES

➤learn, practise/practice學習／練習台詞

➤recite, say背台詞；說台詞

▸➤forget忘記台詞

▸➤flub, fluff, mess up (especially NAmE) 說錯台詞；弄錯台詞

➤miss漏掉台詞

line

noun⁷

on the skin皺紋

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LINE | LINE + VERB

ADJECTIVE

➤worry愁紋

▸➤deep深深的皺紋

◇Deep lines ran from her nose to her mouth.從她的鼻子到嘴巴都是深深的皺紋。

➤faint淡淡的皺紋

◇I saw the faint lines of concern etched into his brow.我看見他的額頭上已經出現了淡淡的愁紋。

VERB + LINE

➤have有皺紋

◇He has lines on his forehead.他額頭上有皺紋。

LINE + VERB

➤run皺紋延伸

➤appear皺紋出現

◇Deep worry lines had appeared on her forehead.深深的愁紋已經爬上了她的額頭。

line

noun⁸

way of doing or thinking about sth行動或思想路線

ADJECTIVE | VERB + LINE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES

ADJECTIVE

➤broad總方針

◇The broad lines of company policy are already laid down.公司政策的總方針已經制訂。

➤firm, hard, strong, tough堅定不移的方針；強硬的路線

▸➤official, party, political官方路線；黨的方針；政治路線

VERB + LINE

➤adopt, follow, pursue, take採取方針；遵循路線

➤fall into符合路線

◇The actions of investors do not always fall into line with financial theory.投資者的行動並不總是符合金融理論。

➤bring sb/sth into使⋯保持一致

◇The other members of the board must be brought into line.必須使董事會的其他成員保持一致。

PREPOSITION

➤in line with (= in agreement with) , out of line with (= not in agreement with) 與⋯一致；與⋯不一致

◇out of line with party policies與黨的政策不一致

➤line on關於⋯的方針

◇the official line on food safety政府關於食品安全的方針

PHRASES

➤a line of argument, a line of reasoning辯論／推理方法

◇There's a problem with this line of reasoning.這一推理方法有個問題。

➤a line of attack進攻路線

◇Our approach involves two main lines of attack.我們採取的方法包括兩條主要進攻路線。

➤a line of enquiry/inquiry, a line of investigation, a line of questioning調查方法；提問的方法

▸➤a line of thought思路

◇This line of thought perturbs me.這種思路令我深感不安。

➤a line of evidence (especially NAmE) 證據線索

◇multiple lines of evidence all leading to the same conclusion引向同一結論的多條證據線索

line

noun⁹

place where an army is fighting戰線

ADJECTIVE | PHRASES

ADJECTIVE

➤battle, defensive, firing, front, offensive (NAmE) 戰線；防線；射擊線；前線；攻擊線

◇The middle managers were in the firing line of job cuts. (figurative) 中層經理處在崗位裁減的最前線。

PHRASES

➤behind enemy lines在敵軍後方

▸➤in the front line, on the front line在前線

➤line of defence/defense防禦線

◇We know that intelligence is our first line of defence / defense against terrorism.我們知道情報是我們的第一道反恐防線。

IELTS BNC: 277 COCA: 276

line noun
⇨ attitude (take a hard line on drugs) ⇨ border (state/county lines) ⇨ fold (fine lines around his eyes) ⇨ limit 2 (the fine line between helping and interfering) ⇨ pipe (a fuel/power line) ⇨ row (stand/wait in line) ⇨ scale (the line of command) ⇨ scene (the opening lines of the poem) ⇨ script (actors learn their lines) ⇨ series (She came from a long line of doctors.) ⇨ shape (the line of her jaw) ⇨ way 3 (Go in a straight line.) ⇨ out of line ⇨ unacceptable adj.line verb
⇨ surround