| 单词 | on the line |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the line c. on the line: said of a picture in an exhibition which is hung so that its centre is about on a level with the eye. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > display of pictures > [phrase] > hung with centre of picture at eye level on the line1859 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 314 The centre of the picture should not be much above the level of the eye. In an exhibition the pictures in this most favourable situation are said to be on the ‘line’. 1873 Punch 26 Apr. 169/1 Pictures hung ‘upon the line’ at the Academy, for reason of their merit. 1895 I. Zangwill Master ii. ii. 134 And I was also on the line in the big room. < as lemmas |
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