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单词 red-line
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red-linev.

Brit. /ˌrɛdˈlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌrɛdˈlaɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., line v.2
Etymology: < red adj. + line v.2 In sense 2 after red line n. (compare red line n. 4).
Originally and chiefly U.S.
1.
a. transitive. Originally U.S. Military. To mark, circle, or cross out in red, esp. in order to single out for (critical) attention.
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society > communication > indication > marking > mark [verb (transitive)] > with chalk
chalk forth1579
chalk1592
red-line1942
1942 Yank 23 Sept. 14/1 Who is it the yardbird sees when he gets red-lined on the payroll for signing his name wrong?
1945 Amer. Speech 20 261 To redline a soldier is to cross off his name on the payroll for a particular month because of an improper signature or some other irregularity on anyone's part.
1949 Los Angeles Times 3 Jan. 2 In the past a man transferred after the organization payroll was prepared was ‘redlined’ and was out of luck, paywise, until the next following month, when he got two months' pay at once.
1952 Washington Post 14 Jan. b11 He examined the small print, and redlined certain points in the contract.
1958 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 8 Apr. a6/3 A draft of his office's budget for the next fiscal year was returned to him..with his name red-lined.
2004 Drugs without Borders (U.S. Food & Drug Admin.) § 7 Records are kept in which certain items are asterisked, redlined, or in some other manner visually identifiable apart from other items appearing on the records.
b. transitive. To select for critical attention; spec. to ban, disqualify, reject, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > disapprove and reject
disallow?1387
reproach1534
repudiate1548
disclaim1565
disallowa1571
disapprove1644
disown1650
no-ball1862
red-line1958
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > prohibit [verb (transitive)] > proscribe or interdict
to lay in forbodea1400
outlawc1400
suspend1488
interdict1502
inhibita1513
proscribe1622
contraband1678
ban1816
red-line1958
1958 Washington Post 25 Mar. b4/1 (headline) Hope is redlined by Reds... Bob Hope said today the Russians didn't invite him back to Moscow.
1961 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 18 Jan. 4/1 The American Automobile Association may ‘red-line’ Prince George county because of its policy toward traffic violaters.
1970 H. S. Thompson Let. 8 Dec. in Fear & Loathing in Amer. (2000) 340 The American Express computer has red-lined my number to the tune of $1,035.30.
1979 Verbatim Summer 2/2 To redline an aircraft, thus, is ‘to ground’ it.
1990 Village Voice (N.Y.) 30 Jan. 35/2 Retailers,..whose suspicion it was that the cops were quietly redlining the West Village, pinching all the pandemic sins of Times Square down here.
1997 Daily Tel. 22 Oct. 4/5 Because of the cost, the drug had been ‘red-lined’ by the health authority, so that its use was subject to special authorisation.
2002 Hotel & Motel Managem. (Nexis) 4 Feb. 38 When a declining lodging year suddenly turned disastrous, even those that normally considered refinancing or funds for new projects essentially redlined the industry.
c. transitive. Of a bank, etc.: to refuse to grant a loan or insurance to (an area considered to be a significant financial risk, or to a person living in or moving to such an area) or to offer these services at prohibitively high rates. [Compare earlier use in quot. 1967 at red-lining n.]
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1973 Times 7 Feb. 20/4 They found that Laurelton had been ‘red-lined’ by the bank, which meant that it was not possible to get a normal mortgage.
1984 N. Smith & M. LeFaivre in J. J. Palen & B. London Gentrification i. iii. 50 The neighborhood may never have experienced landlord control or blockbusting, but may well have been redlined by many financial institutions, preventing substantial repairs.
1991 D. Rowe Wanting Everything (1994) iii. 100 We have been redlined by the banking community since 1985; the Farmers Home Administration foreclosure notice is sitting on my desk.
2000 Nation (N.Y.) 17 June 9/2 Thanks to complicated incentive programs..banks..have begun funneling money back into communities that they had historically redlined.
2. Aeronautics and Motoring colloquial.
a. transitive. To drive (a vehicle or aircraft) or operate (equipment) at its maximum rated speed or power; to push to the limit; (also) to set the maximum safe speed of (an aircraft) (rare). Also figurative.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (transitive)] > set the maximum speed for vehicle
red-line1956
society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > set maximum safe speed of aircraft
red-line1956
society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [verb (transitive)] > drive at maximum speed or push to limit
red-line1980
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (transitive)] > set the maximum speed for vehicle > drive at maximum speed
red-line1980
1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 431/2 Redline,..to set a recommended limit on the airspeed of an airplane. Usually in passive, as in ‘the C–47 is redlined at 150 knots’.
1980 Verbatim Autumn 11/2 In an emergency there were no rules... ‘I drove the son-of-a-bitch 'til the wings were ready to come off. I red-lined everything—air speed, rpm, manifold pressure.’
1995 L. Gough Heartbreaker xv. 133 Shelley's unwieldy imagination sent his blood pressure skyrocketing. His new babe had red-lined his pulse.
1997 J. Krakauer Into Thin Air viii. 104 Again I redlined my cardiovascular output rushing to ascend from its threatening shadow,..trembling from the excess of adrenaline fizzing through my veins.
2003 3D World June 98/2 This extra speed is dangerous, sort of like red-lining your car's engine!
2007 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 12 Mar. f11 To reap walking's benefits, you don't have to redline your heart rate.
b. intransitive. Of a vehicle: to reach or operate at the maximum rated speed or power; to operate at a limit. Also figurative.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (intransitive)] > go at speed (of motor vehicle) > set the maximum speed
red-line1966
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > move or go along [verb (intransitive)] > go at speed (of motor vehicle) > drive at maximum speed
red-line1966
1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 8 Redline,..to drive at top rpm, i.e., speed at which tachometer indicator reaches warning mark, usually red.
1987 Super Bike June 56/2 As stock, it redlines through six gears yet there's a spare 2500 rpm to lure the tuner.
1994 BBC Top Gear Aug. 78/1 The car red-lines at 5,500rpm.
1995 K. Friedman God Bless John Wayne 50 Why would he bother to say, like bride on her wedding night, ‘You're not the first’? My paranoia was redlining.
2000 BRW 28 July 130/2 The choice between spending four hours in a Dodge with the kids or redlining in a Porsche..up 10,000 feet of mountain range was a no-brainer.
2002 A. Davies Frog King 243 I feel it: I am about to start redlining. But I need to maintain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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