单词 | to line up |
释义 | > as lemmasto line up 5. In certain technical senses (chiefly to line up). extracted from linev.1 a. Bookbinding. To glue on the back of (a book) a paper covering continuous with the lining of the back of the cover. ΚΠ 1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding xix. 85 This class of work is not lined up. The leather is stuck directly upon the book. 1885 W. J. E. Crane Bookbinding xv. 118 Before lining the back, the headband should be set. b. Cabinet-making. To put a moulding round (the top of a piece of furniture). ΚΠ 1889 Work 22 June I. 234/1 A small toilet table was being lined up. to line up a. transitive. To bring (ships, soldiers, etc.) into a line or into line with others; to bring (one's boat) into line with that of (another). Hence U.S. to assign (a person) to (certain work). Also, to aim in a direct line upon an object. to line up (originally U.S.): to align, arrange, deploy, produce, or make ready (someone or something); also in various slang uses (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality or fact of being in a line (with) > bring into (a) line [verb (transitive)] align1693 allineate1785 line1796 to bring into (a) line1851 parallelize1853 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > form (a) row(s) or line(s [verb (intransitive)] rank1582 range1697 to fall in (also into) line1747 line1790 to line up1796 to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1813 daisy-chain1968 society > occupation and work > working > labour supply > [verb (transitive)] > appoint to an office or position setc1000 to make placea1387 give1535 placea1568 locate1602 shop1808 berth1865 line1886 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > use for specific purpose > specifically a person to line up1906 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] yarec888 yarkc1000 graithc1175 readya1225 biredienc1275 to make yarec1290 forgraitha1300 adightc1330 buskc1330 purveyc1330 agraith1340 disposec1375 before-graithea1382 to forge and filec1381 to make readya1382 devisec1385 bounc1390 buss?a1400 address?a1425 parel?a1425 to get upc1425 providec1425 prepare1449 bakec1450 aready1470 arm?a1505 prevenea1522 get?1530 to get ready1530 to get ready1530 to set in readiness1575 apply1577 compose1612 predy1627 make1637 to dispose of1655 do1660 fallowa1764 to line up1934 prep1936 tee1938 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 251 The pivots being lined, and the wheeling distances being true. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 665/1 Peep sight, a form of hind sight for rifles. It has an opening through which the muzzle sight is lined upon the object. 1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 75 Too much time must not..be lost in lining the gabion accurately. 1886 Philadelphia Times 21 Mar. No actor of American birth and training can be lined to this class of work. 1891 Daily News 28 Dec. 3/1 The cast iron frames are lined up in place before the concrete is poured in. 1899 Daily News 29 July 8/7 Blackstaffe..crossed over in front of Howell and lined him. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 20 Aug. 8/2 (citing a New York newspaper) I..shall not really feel like myself till I get my coat off and line-up a few trust presidents in front of me for general inspection and drill. 1904 ‘G. B. Lancaster’ Sons o' Men 41 They were fence-making down at the homestead, and there was no man in the district could line up standards in the same day with Muggins. 1906 Forum (N.Y.) Oct. 253 The university president must refuse to be lined up by any clique or party. 1910 Chambers's Jrnl. May 282/2 After the conflagration, the smaller débris is collected into heaps and reburned, until the ground is sufficiently cleared to admit of being lined up for planting. 1913 G. J. Kneeland Commercialized Prostitution N.Y. 65 She was ‘lined up’ about a year ago by a gang that ‘hangs out’ in a cigar store on East 14th Street. Since then she has been a regular prostitute. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xiii. 181 We located a big poker game in a soft spot and decided to line up the players. 1931 W. G. McAdoo Crowded Years x. 142 I did not see how Clark could possibly line up two thirds of the..votes. 1932 E. Wallace When Gangs came to London viii. 58 You can tell the police all about this... But don't tell more'n the truth, or ever try to line me up by my voice. 1934 P. G. Wodehouse Right ho, Jeeves ix. 94 I tell you I have everything nicely lined up. 1939 L. Coffee & W. J. Cowen Family Portrait ii. i. 74 But I'd lined up a big job here—(adds importantly) with the Romans. 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 43 Line up to, to approach, accost a person. 1953 E. Taylor Sleeping Beauty x. 175 Don't line up another one [sc. drink] for me. 1958 New Statesman 6 Sept. 263/1 Mr. Lim soon called for ‘a united Socialist front’, which would line up his Labour Front party with the right wing against the extreme left. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio 270 Sine tones are useful for studying frequency response and for lining up equipment. 1970 Language 46 318 All of the sentences have been ‘lined up’ with respect to the end of phonation. 1973 G. Greene Honorary Consul i. i. 26 It pays to be a consul... Permission to import a new car... I suppose he's got a general lined up in the capital to buy it. < as lemmas |
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