line jelentése

line jelentése: noun, verb

1 A2 vonal (pl. rajzon)

a straight line

Sign your name on the dotted line.

2 B1 sor (szövegsor)

The same line is repeated throughout the poem.

Can you read the next line, please, Sonia?

3 B1 vonal, vasútvonal, vágány

The train was delayed, apparently due to leaves on the line.

The Northern Line is the worst on the London Underground.

4 B2 vonal (telefonvonal)

If you want to air your opinions live on the radio, the lines will be open from eight o'clock.

I've got Chris Foster on the line for you. Do you want to take it now or call her back later?

Please hold the line. I'll see if she's available.

5 C1 termékvonal

They're advertising a new line in garden furniture.

6 C2 sor (egymás mellett álló emberek/dolgok)

a line of trees

The prisoners formed a line against the wall.

7 C2 határ, határvonal

That ball was definitely in! It was nowhere near the line!

The police couldn't arrest him because he'd fled across the state line.

8 C2 irányvonal (megközelítés, álláspont)

The government's official line has always been to refuse to negotiate with terrorists.

The courts should take a tougher line with sex offenders.

Several Labour MPs disagree with their party's line on taxation.

What sort of line do you think we should take in the pay negotiations?

The police are confident that this new line of inquiry will lead them to the murderer.

9 C2 vonal, arcvonal (kat.)

They were trapped behind enemy lines.

line jelentése – kifejezések:

(be) on the line (idiom) C2 vonalon van, éppen csak hogy megvan/megfelel

If we don't win the contract, all our jobs are on the line.

(be) out of line (idiom) C2 túl van/megy a határon (nem helyénvaló, nem elfogadható)

Her remarks to the press were way out of line.

a fine/thin line (idiom) C1 egy vékony vonal (választja el) (kis különbség)

There's a thin line between courage and foolishness.

along the lines of sth C2 vminek a vonalai mentén (hasonlóan vmihez)

He gave a talk along the lines of the one he gave in Oxford.

be in line with sth C2 összhangban vmivel

They were offered a pay increase in line with inflation.

draw the line (at sth) (idiom) C2 már nem hajlandó vmire, megszabja a határt

I swear a lot but even I draw the line at certain words.

read between the lines (idiom) C2 a sorok között olvas (megérti a valódi értelmét)

Reading between the lines, it was obvious that something was wrong.

sb's line of reasoning/thinking, etc. C2 gondolatmenete/érvelésmenete vkinek

I couldn't really follow his line of reasoning.

the bottom line (idiom) C2 a lényeg

The bottom line is that people's health is at risk if they smoke.

toe the line C2 beáll a sorba, engedelmeskedik

Ministers who refused to toe the Party line were swiftly got rid of.

C2 szegélyez

Trees lined the street.

line jelentése – többszavas igék:

line up ↔ (sb/sth) B2 sorba áll, felsorakozik; sorba állít, felsorakoztat

A fight broke out behind me as we lined up to receive our food rations.

The soldiers lined us up against a wall and I thought they were going to shoot us.

line sb/sth up C1 felsorakoztat (előkészít/rendelkezésre állít)

What future projects have you lined up?

Vasút – Telefon – Gyártás, termelés – Háború, csata – Keletkezik, feltűnik – Belül, kívül, rajta, körülötte, mellette – Tér – Sorrend – Alakzatok – Megfelelő, alkalmatlan – Fontos, lényeges – Hasonlóság, egyezés – Kapcsolat, összefüggés, függőség – Szövegek, szövegrészek – Gondolkodás, értelem – Megértés, felfogás – Vélemény, megítélés – Megfontolás, döntés – Együttműködés, hajlandóság – Udvariatlanság, tiszteletlenség