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Lines

物理世界可指线条或边界;公共场合指排队队伍;戏剧与影视中指台词;技术语境可指线路或数据行。多义高频词,需靠搭配锁定含义。

  1. “Draw straight lines between the dots.” (在点之间画直线。)
  2. “People stood in lines outside the bakery.” (人们在面包店外排队。)
  3. “The actor forgot his lines during the second act.” (演员在第二幕忘了台词。)

“Line” 源自古英语 “līne”,与拉丁语 “līnea”(麻绳、线)相关,本义与“细长之物”相连。

复数 “-s”;派生词如 “linear”、“outline” 共享同一拉丁词根脉络。

交通与通信领域常见 “power lines”、“rail lines”;政治话语里 “party lines” 表示既定立场,语体正式。

  • 固定搭配: “wait in line” (排队等候), “fine lines” (细纹;微妙界限)

把 “line” 想成一条拉长的绳子,复数就是很多条绳子排成队。

“Thin blue lines marked the hiking route on the map.” (地图上细细的蓝线标出了徒步路线。)