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单词 yellow line
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yellow linen.

Brit. /ˌjɛləʊ ˈlʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌjɛloʊ ˈlaɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: yellow adj., line n.2
Etymology: < yellow adj. + line n.2
1. More fully yellow-line quaker. A European noctuid moth, Agrochola macilenta, having pale reddish-brown wings with a yellow-edged line on the forewing.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Orthosia > yellow-line
yellow line1819
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 444 Noctua flavilinea. The yellow-line Quaker.
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 59 The Yellow Line (Orthosia flavilinea)..Wings..brownish; first pair with a slanting, but very straight yellowish streak.
1869 Aberdeen Jrnl. 13 Jan. 7/3 Respectively in the beginning and towards the end of the month, appeared the December moth and the yellow-line Quaker.
1907 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 19 189 Orthosia Macilenta, yellow-line quaker, scarce.
2010 Guardian (Nexis) 27 Nov. 44 I notice a small pale creamish moth at the foot of a tree... Back home, we discover it was a yellow-line quaker.
2. A yellow road marking; esp. a painted yellow line parallel to the kerb, indicating that parking is restricted. Also in double yellow line: two painted yellow lines parallel to the kerb, indicating that parking is forbidden.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > line on road for parking restriction
yellow line1932
yellow1975
1932 Times 7 Oct. 12/3 A yellow line on the road surface will show vehicles where they must halt to let traffic on the main roads pass.
1949 N.Y. Times 6 Nov. l65/3 The watchman said he was standing on the yellow line in the center of the highway.
1968 J. Fleming Kill or Cure iv. 56 The local police..allow me to park on the double yellow line with impunity.
1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Probl. xviii. 180 Traffic wardens can start booking cars on yellow lines after eight o'clock.
1983 Church Times 23 Dec. 11/1 Christmas shoppers who had taken the risk of parking on the single yellow line.
2016 Guardian (Nexis) 10 Mar. Supercars parked brazenly on double yellow lines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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