单词 | to bring into line |
释义 | > as lemmasto bring into (a) line a. A direction as traced by marks on a surface or as indicated by a row of persons or objects. to bring into (a) line: to align; figurative to cause (persons) to agree, to make unanimous. †to draw in a (or one) line: to be unanimous. ΘΠ the world > space > direction > [noun] > direction traced by marks on a surface linec1475 society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > [noun] > line streakc1000 linec1475 score1681 the world > space > relative position > quality or fact of being in a line (with) > bring into (a) line [verb (transitive)] align1693 allineate1785 line1796 to bring into (a) line1851 parallelize1853 c1475 Chess Probl. in MS Ashm. 344 f. 22 v Draw thy kyng..forth in to the lyne ther his kyng goth yn. 1556 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbs Eng. Tounge (rev. ed.) ii. vii. sig. Evv He loued me..We drew both in one line. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xlii. xxi. 1127 Seeing the LL. of the Senat thus drawing all in a line. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 153 Now Powers from home, and discontents at home Meet in one line . View more context for this quotation 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 6 The Bottom-line is the line that bounds the bottom of the Descending Letters. 1763 E. Hoyle Ess. Game of Chess 163 When your Adversary has a Bishop and one Pawn on the Rook's Line. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 355 As the breech sight, the muzzle sight, and the object aimed at, are..at different distances from the eye, it is difficult to bring them at once into line. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone ix. 89 Livingstone..was going to get the horses in line, to start them for the farmer's Cup. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. ci. 2 Jonathan, too, is coming into line; his caustic wit is making its way into the press. 1897 Daily News 23 Apr. 3/1 It was found a matter of no small difficulty to get all the owners into line. < as lemmas |
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