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1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]线（条） A line is a long thin mark which is drawn or painted on a surface. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指脸部的）皱纹，纹路 The lines on some-one's skin, especially on their face, are long thin marks that appear there as they grow older. 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（排成的）行，列 A line of people or things is a number of them arranged one behind the other or side by side. 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（人、车辆等在等候时排成的）队，队伍 A line of people or vehicles is a number of them that are waiting one behind another, for example in order to buy something or to go in a particular direction. 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]字行 A line of a piece of writing is one of the rows of words, numbers, or other symbols in it. 6 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]（老师对学生的）罚抄 In school, if a child is given lines, he or she is punished by being made to write out a sentence many times or to write out a passage from a book. 7 [N-COUNT 可数名词]诗行；歌词；台词；对白 A line of a poem, song, or play is a group of words that are spoken or sung together. If an actor learns his or her lines for a play or film, they learn what they have to say. ...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。 Learning lines is very easy. Acting is very difficult. 记台词很容易。表演很难。
8 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（旨在取得某种效果的）话语 A particular type of line in a conversation is a remark that is intended to have a particular effect. '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
9 [N-VAR 可变名词]线；绳；索 You can refer to a long piece of wire, string, or cable as a line when it is used for a particular purpose. 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 winds downed power lines. 风吹落了电线。
10 [N-COUNT 可数名词]电话线 A line is a connection which makes it possible for two people to speak to each other on the telephone. 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？ She's on the line from her home in Boston. 她是在波士顿家中打电话。
11 [N-COUNT 可数名词]热线（电话） You can use line to refer to a telephone number which you can ring in order to get information or advice. 12 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指危险或秘密的）路线，线路 A line is a route, especially a dangerous or secret one, along which people move or send messages or supplies. 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。 ...the guerrillas' main supply lines. 游击队的主要补给线
13 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指径直向前行进的）路线 The line in which something or someone moves is the particular route that they take, especially when they keep moving straight ahead. 14 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（铁道或公交）线路 A line is a particular route, involving the same stations, roads, or stops along which a train or bus service regularly operates. 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。 I would be able to stay on the Piccadilly Line and get off the tube at South Kensington. 我就可以留在皮卡迪利线上，然后在南肯辛顿站下地铁。
15 [N-COUNT 可数名词]铁轨；轨道 A railway line consists of the pieces of metal and wood which form the track that the trains travel along. 16 [N-COUNT 可数名词]运输公司；航运公司 A shipping, air, or bus line is a company which provides services for transporting people or goods by sea, air, or bus. [usu supp N] [BUSINESS 商] 17 [N-COUNT 可数名词]轮廓（线） You can use line to refer to the edge, outline, or shape of an object or a person's body. 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
18 [N-COUNT 可数名词]界线；边界 A state or county line is a boundary between two states or counties. 19 [N-COUNT 可数名词]防线；前线 You can use lines to refer to the set of physical defences or the soldiers that have been established along the boundary of an area occupied by an army. 20 [N-COUNT 可数名词]立场；方针 The particular line that a person has towards a problem is the attitude that they have towards it. For example, if someone takes a hard line on something, they have a firm strict policy which they refuse to change. Forty members of the governing Conservative party rebelled, voting against the government line... 执政的保守党有40名党员倒戈，投票反对政府的方针。 Most members of Parliament took a hard line on this issue. 绝大多数议员在这个问题上都持强硬立场。
21 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（思想或行动的）步骤，方式，方法 You can use line to refer to the way in which someone's thoughts or activities develop, particularly if it is logical. 22 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]概况；大致情形 If you say that something happens along particular lines, or on particular lines, you are giving a general summary or approximate account of what happens, which may not be correct in every detail. [usu along/on N with supp] There followed an assortment of praise for the coffee along the lines of 'Hey, this coffee is fantastic!'... 然后就是对咖啡的各种溢美之词，类似“嘿，这咖啡真棒！”等等。 He'd said something along those lines already... 他已经说过类似的话了。 Our forecast for 1990 was on the right lines... 我们有关1990年的预测大体是正确的。 The main lines of the plan were a reduction in expenditure and the rationalization of government controls. 该计划的主要内容是支出的缩减和政府控制的合理化改革。
23 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]（组织的）方式，原则 If something is organized on particular lines, or along particular lines, it is organized according to that method or principle. 24 [N-COUNT 可数名词]行业；行当 Your line of business or work is the kind of work that you do. [usu N of n] [BUSINESS 商] 25 [N-SING 单数名词]专长；特长；兴趣范围 If someone says that something is your line, or that it is in your line, they mean that it is the sort of thing that you often do because you enjoy doing it. 26 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（产品的）种，类 A line is a particular type of product that a company makes or sells. 27 [N-SING 单数名词]方面；领域 You can use line to refer to something connected with a particular activity. For example, something in the sports line is connected with sports. 28 [N-COUNT 可数名词]流水线；生产线 In a factory, a line is an arrangement of workers or machines where a product passes from one worker to another until it is finished. 29 [N-COUNT 可数名词]家系；家族；血统 You can use line to refer to all the generations of a family, especially when you are considering the social status or the physical characteristics that the various members inherit. 30 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（按身份高低确定的）排序 You can use line when you are referring to a number of people who are ranked according to status. Nicholas Paul Patrick was seventh in the line of succession to the throne... 尼古拉斯·保罗·帕特里克是王位的第七顺位继承人。 The line of command went from head office in Chicago to a regional boss and then down to a country boss and finally to a local-office managing-partner. 职权的大小依次为芝加哥总部、区域主管、某国主管，最后是当地办事处的任事股东。 ...the man who stands next in line for the presidency. 总统职位的第一顺位接任者
31 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（按时间顺序排的）一系列，一连串 A particular line of people or things is a series of them that has existed over a period of time, when they have all been similar in some way, or done similar things. 32 [VERB 动词]沿…排列成行；遍布…的边沿 If people or things line a road, room, or other place, they are present in large numbers along its edges or sides. Thousands of local people lined the streets and clapped as the procession went by. 数以千计的当地居民站在街道两旁，为由此经过的队伍鼓掌。 ...a square lined with pubs and clubs. 四周遍布酒吧和俱乐部的广场
33 [VERB 动词]给…安衬里；使有内衬 If you line a wall, container, or other object, you put a layer of something such as leaves or paper on the inside surface of it in order to make it stronger, warmer, or cleaner. 34 [VERB 动词]在（容器或器官）的内壁形成一层 If something lines a container or area, especially an area inside a person, animal, or plant, it forms a layer on the inside surface. 35 See also:lined ； lining ； bottom line ； branch line ； dividing line ； front line ； party line ； picket line ； yellow line ； 36 [PHRASE 短语]其间某时；在某一时刻；在某一环节 If something happens somewhere along the line or down the line, it happens during the course of a situation or activity, often at a point that cannot be exactly identified. 37 [PHRASE 短语]全线地；全部地；处处 If you say that something happens all down the line, or right down the line, you mean that it happens in every case. Excellent acting all down the line captures the sound and feeling of that semi-feudal age... 全体演员的精彩表演捕捉到了那个半封建时代的声音和感觉。 Democrats and Republicans differed right down the line on what the proper responses were. 民主党与共和党就何为恰当的反应处处针锋相对。
38 [PHRASE 短语]划定底线；不能容忍；反对 If you draw the line at a particular activity, you refuse to do it, because you disapprove of it or because it is more extreme than what you normally do. Letters have come from prisoners, declaring that they would draw the line at hitting an old lady. 已经有囚犯写信来，宣称就连他们也绝对不会殴打老太太。
39 [PHRASE 短语]划界线；区别 If you draw a line between two things, you make a distinction between them. 40 [PHRASE 短语]写信给（某人） If you drop someone a line, you write to them. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式] 41 [PHRASE 短语]在执行公务中；在履行职责时 If you do something or if it happens to you in the line of duty, you do it or it happens as part of your regular work or as a result of it. 42 [PHRASE 短语]第一项举措；最重要的方法 If you refer to a method as the first line of, for example, defence or treatment, you mean that it is the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem. |