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。
- “Draw straight lines between the dots.” (在点之间画直线。)
- “People stood in lines outside the bakery.” (人们在面包店外排队。)
- “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。)