请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 line someone/thing up
释义

line someone/thing up

1Arrange a number of people or things in a straight row: they lined them up and shot them...
  • A few other tables were lined up in a perfectly straight row across the room.
  • A group of men were lined up against a wall and mugged as they walked along Dukes Avenue last Friday at about 11.30 pm.
  • The troops were lined up above the water-tanks on the beach.

Synonyms

arrange in a line, arrange in lines, put in rows, arrange in columns;
group, marshal, align, range, straighten up, arrange, array, dispose;
Military dress
1.1 (line up) (Of a number of people or things) stand or be arranged in a straight row: we would line up across the parade ground, shoulder to shoulder...
  • A queue of about 150 people were lining up to get into a nondescript-looking door.
  • One thing is for sure if Keane wants to continue on playing there will be no shortage of clubs lining up to sign him.
  • Developers are lining up to convert former mills into luxury apartments or build new ones on brownfield sites.

Synonyms

form a queue, form a line, form lines, get into rows/columns, file, queue up, group together, fall in, straighten up;
Military dress
British informal form a crocodile
2Have someone or something ready or prepared: have you got any work lined up?...
  • A host of speakers have been lined up for the forum, which will take place at Bradford City's Bradford & Bingley Stadium, and there will also be themed workshops.
  • Besides the new report, apparently around a hundred witnesses have been lined up to give evidence.
  • Conferences were held, donors were lined up, and money pledged towards the reconstruction effort.

Synonyms

assemble, get together, organize, prepare, arrange, lay on;
get, obtain, procure, secure, produce, come up with, fix up, prearrange;
book, schedule, timetable
See parent entry: line
随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 14:49:12