| 单词 | line up |
| 释义 | line up 1. phrasal verb B2 If people line up or if you line them up, they move so that they are standing in a line. The senior leaders lined up behind him in orderly rows. [VERB PARTICLE] The gym teachers lined us up against the cement walls. [VERB noun PARTICLE] When he came back the sergeant had lined up the suspects. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you line things up, you move them into a straight row. I would line up my toys on this windowsill and play. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He finished polishing the cocktail glasses and lined them up behind the bar. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If you line one thing up with another, or one thing lines up with another, the first thing is moved into its correct position in relation to the second. You can also say that two things line up, or are lined up. You have to line the car up with the ones beside you. [VERB noun PARTICLE + with] Gas cookers are adjustable in height to line up with your kitchen work top. [VERB PARTICLE + with] Mahoney had lined up two of the crates. [VERB PARTICLE noun] When the images line up exactly, the projectors should be fixed in place. [VERB PARTICLE] All we have to do is to get the two pieces lined up properly. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb If you line up an event or activity, you arrange for it to happen. If you line someone up for an event or activity, you arrange for them to be available for that event or activity. She lined up executives, politicians and educators to serve on the board of directors. [V P n to-inf] The band is lining up a two-week U.K. tour for the New Year. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 5. phrasal verb If you line up with, behind, or alongside a person or group, you support them. If you line up against a person or group, you oppose them. Some surprising names have lined up behind the idea. [VERB PARTICLE preposition] We Spaniards have lined up against each other all too often. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] 6. See also line-up See full dictionary entry for line line-up Word forms: line-ups 1. countable noun A line-up is a group of people or a series of things that have been gathered together to be part of a particular event. He is likely to be in Wales's starting line-up for their World Cup qualifying match. The programme is back for a new series with a great line-up of musicians and comedy acts. [+ of] Synonyms: arrangement, team, row, selection 2. countable noun At a line-up, a witness to a crime tries to identify the criminal from among a line of people. He failed to identify Graham from photographs, but later picked him out of a police line-up. Translations: Chinese: 阵容 Japanese: ラインアップ |
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