[xiàn]
[名]
(用丝、棉、金属等制成的细长的东西) thread; string; wire
cotton [silk] thread
棉[丝]线
copper wire
铜线
The needle-eye is too small to hold the thread.
针眼太小线穿不进去。
[数] (一个点任意移动所构成的图形) line
curve; curved line
曲线
straight line
直线
(用棉线做的) made of cotton thread
cotton gloves
线手套
cotton knitwear
线衣线裤
(细长像线的东西) sth. shaped like a line, thread, etc.
ray
光线
a slender stick of incense
线香
(交通路线) route; line
the Changchun-Dalian Railway (line)
长大线
supply route [line]
供应线
airline or shipping line
航线
railway line
铁道线
(边缘交界的地方) demarcation line; boundary
boundary line
边界线
coastline
海岸线
military demarcation line
军事分界线
(所接近的某种边际) brink; verge
lifeline; lifeblood
生命线
on the brink of starvation
在饥饿线上
on the verge of death
在死亡线上
(思想上、政治上的路线) (political) line
raise to a higher plane of principle and two-line struggle
上纲上线
(线索) clue; thread
The clue could not be followed up.
案子的线儿断了。