| 单词 | lifeline |
| 释义 | lifeline (once / 10775 pages) 1n 2n A lifeline is a safety feature on a boat, a rope that either protects you from falling off or that you can throw to someone who's drowning. If you stumble off your friend's sailboat into the water, she'll throw you a lifeline. When sailors need to rescue a swimmer or a clumsy passenger, it helps to have a lifeline handy. And when you receive other kinds of vital support or help — a mobile phone, or a job recommendation, or a scholarship for college, for example — you can also call them lifelines. This figurative meaning has been around since the 19th century, while the "live-saving rope" definition is the earliest one, from about 1700. WORD FAMILYlifeline: lifelines USAGE EXAMPLESMichael Clemens, who studies remittances and migration at the Center for Global Development, says that "for countless towns like Ixmiquilpan, remittances are an economic lifeline." Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Rachael Moss, a bereavement support midwife at Northampton General Hospital, said the little cots are a lifeline. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) Lastly, there’s Lifeline, a sci-fi game that pays homage to the early days of computer gaming. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1n line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning Hypo|Hyper ridge rope either of a pair of lifelines running alongside the bowsprit of a ship line something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible 2n line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver Hyper line something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible 3n support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection) 2the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief Hyper support something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest n a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live Syn|Hyper life line, line of life crease, crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface |
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