| 单词 | limit line |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslimit line limit line n. a line constituting a limit or point of furthest (permitted) extent; a cordon; a boundary; spec. a solid white line across a road indicating the point where traffic should stop (before a pedestrian crossing, etc.). ΚΠ 1824 Illinois Gaz. 25 Sept. 4/1 From the burnish'd skies, To the limit-line of ocean. 1912 H. C. Candee Tapestry Bk. iv. 39 A sketchy sort of brick-work that appears whenever a limit-line is needed. 1977 New Scientist 24 Nov. 514/1 Would he consider declaring a 200-mile limit line from Ascension? 1999 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 9 Dec. (Community section) 3 Lane drifting, stopping short or long of the limit line..are all symptoms people exude when their blood alcohol level is too high. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 May a12/5 Stringing barbed wire and police tape reading ‘limit line’ around all embassy compounds. < as lemmas |
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