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单词 lines
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the battle lines are drawn
on the right lines
read between the lines

lines in British English

(laɪnz)
plural noun
1. 
general appearance or outline
a car with fine lines
2. 
a plan of procedure or construction
built on traditional lines
3. 
a. 
the spoken words of a theatrical presentation
b. 
the words of a particular role
he forgot his lines
4.  informal, mainly British
a marriage certificate
marriage lines
5. 
luck, fate, or fortune (esp in the phrase hard lines)
6. 
a. 
rows of tents, buildings, temporary stabling, etc, in a military camp
transport lines
b. 
a defensive position, row of trenches, or other fortification
we broke through the enemy lines
7. 
a. 
a school punishment of writing the same sentence or phrase out a specified number of times
b. 
the phrases or sentences so written out
a hundred lines
8.  read between the lines

Examples of 'lines' in a sentence
lines

The diamond was unbroken, the lines of magical fire streaming without pause between the brightness of the cardinal marks.
Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
I imagine you were told something, a few lines, I don't know, maybe only several words.
Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2001)
Parallel lines from dirty fingernails, down my left thigh, at my throat, encircling my wrist like a bracelet.
Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2001)

Synonyms of 'lines'

principle, plan, example, model
More Synonyms of lines
(plural noun) 
They moulded the system on traditional lines.
Synonyms
principle
plan
example
model
pattern
procedure
convention

Nearby words of
lines

  • lineage
  • lineaments
  • lined
  • lines
  • linger
  • lingerie
  • lingering

Related terms of
lines

  • line
  • line up
  • line something up

Synonyms of 'lines'

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