| 单词 | to get the lines crossed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get the lines crossed (a) A telegraph or telephone wire or cable. Also (with mixture of sense 26), a telegraph route, a telegraphic system connecting two or more stations; a telephonic connection; an individual ‘number’ or extension. Cf. to hold the line at hold v. 6h, hotline n. Also figurative, esp. in to get the lines crossed, to become confused. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > [noun] > line wire1813 line1847 wire line1848 loop1863 landline1865 saddle wire1876 telephone line1877 concentric cable1888 Pupin cable1904 multiple twin1922 quad1922 twisted pair1923 star quad1927 music line1929 coaxial cable1934 coax1945 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > channel or route line1847 channel1848 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > line line1900 wire1902 phone line1935 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > be or become confused [verb (intransitive)] wonder1297 confusec1350 maskera1375 studya1375 to annoy of?c1400 muse?c1430 marc1440 manga1450 puzzle1605 dunce1611 quandary1616 wavera1625 wilder1658 to scratch one's head1712 maffle1781 to strike up1844 turn1852 to fall over oneself1889 fuzz1930 to get the lines crossed1973 1847 Handbk. Electric Telegr. 11 So rapid is the transmission of the electric current along the lines of wire, that..to carry the wires eight times round the earth..would occupy but one second of time. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. IV. 1191 Five great electric telegraphic lines... The extent of line thus served appears to be about fifteen hundred miles. 1854 J. W. Brett Specif. Patent 10,939 21 This said cable or rope I denominate my Oceanic Line. 1900 C. H. Chambers Tyranny of Tears i. 2 Miss Woodward. (Speaking into telephone—very sweetly.)..Mr. Parbury's just coming in now—he'll speak to you—keep the line. 1901 Scotsman 9 Mar. 9/3 The American trans-Pacific line. 1921 Conquest Jan. 127/2 The ‘busy tone’ is sent back to the calling subscriber if the line he wants is busy. 1934 Punch 21 Mar. 332/1 The notepaper should carry—(1) The name of the firm. (2) Its address. (3) Fictitious address for creditors. (4) Telephone number (at least ten lines). 1944 H. McCloy Panic 6 Ronnie showed the doctor how to get an outside line and he dialed a number. 1951 Oxf. Junior Encycl. IV. 448/1 The Post Office took over all ‘trunk’ long-distance lines in 1896, and 6 years later opened the first of several large London exchanges, the ‘Central’, with 14,000 lines. 1970 B. Knox Children of Mist iv. 77 Thane lifted the telephone. When the desk constable answered he asked for a line... Then he began dialling. 1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek iii. 61 What? I can't hear you. It's a terrible line. 1973 Times 16 Apr. 14/6 It clearly has the advantage of keeping all the lines from getting crossed and establishing the priorities of policy. 1973 ‘K. Royce’ Spider Underground iii. 50 He told me he couldn't see me then and to get off the line. 1974 Times 15 Mar. 8/2 Mr Nixon has admitted that he ordered a cover-up of the plumbers' activities, but suggested that his staff got their lines crossed and took this to be an order to cover up the Watergate affair as well. < as lemmas |
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