| ترجمات إضافية |
| line n | (song) | سطر |
| | The verse has four lines and the chorus has two. |
| | المقطع الموسيقي مؤلف من 4 سطور، أما مقطوعة الكورال فمؤلفة من سطرين. |
| line n | (poetry) (من الشِّعر) | بيت |
| | 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' is a famous line by Shakespeare. |
| | أحد بيوت الشعر الشهيرة عند شكسبير هو: "هل أقارنك بيوم من أيام الصيف؟". |
| line n | (limit, frontier) | خط حدودي |
| | The line between North and South Korea is heavily militarized. |
| line n | (thick cord) | حبل، رباط |
| | I need a thick line to tie up this box. |
| line n | (telephone) (هاتفي) | خط |
| | The line got disconnected and I called her back. |
| | انقطع الخط أثناء الحديث، فأعدت الاتصال بها. |
| line n | (fishing cord) (في صيد السمك) | خيط |
| | He tossed the line to the deepest part of the river, trying to catch a fish. |
| line n | (clothesline) (حبل غسيل) | حبل |
| | She hung the clothes on the line to dry. |
| | نشرت الملابس على الحبل كي تجف. |
| line n | (pipes) | أنبوب |
| | The sewage line got blocked and overflowed. |
| line n | informal (short message) | رسالة قصير |
| | Drop me a line on Tuesday and we can talk about it then. |
| line of [sth] n | (thought, policy) | طريقة |
| | His line of thought is consistent with that of the religious authorities. |
| | تتطابق طريقة تفكيره مع طريقة تفكير السلطات الدينية. |
| line n | (route, direction) | خط، اتجاه |
| | Follow the line of the mountains and you will get to the town. |
| | اتبع خط الجبال فتصل إلى البلدة. |
| line n | (beings with common ancestry) | سلالة |
| | This line of kings dates back to the fourteenth century. |
| line n | slang (prepared excuse) | عبارة مكررة |
| | He tried to pick her up with the old line: "Have we met before?" |
| line n | often plural (contour, design) | خط |
| | | منحنى |
| | The new car was admired for its beautiful curved lines. |
| line n | (military: fortifications) | خط |
| | The three lines of defence against the enemy didn't stop them. |
| line n | often plural (military: formation) (تشكيل عسكري) | خط |
| | The soldiers moved forward in lines. |
| line n | (business: operations managers) | مباشر |
| | I will ask my line manager for her advice before talking to the boss. |
| line n | (business: assembly line) | خط، خط التجميع |
| | The assembly line runs twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. |
| line n | informal (lie) | كذبة |
| | She fed me some line about the dog eating her homework. |
| line n | (American football) | خط اللعب |
| | He plays on the offensive line, and protects the quarterback. |
| line n | (actor: text to speak) (تمثيل) | جملة |
| | She kept forgetting the line she was supposed to say before her exit. |
| line n | (railway: track) | خط، سكة |
| | A fallen tree on the line has delayed trains running between London and Manchester. |
| lines npl | (actor's words) | جملة |
| | The actor lost his job because he couldn't remember his lines in the movie. |
| | خسر الممثل عمله لأنه عجز عن تذكر جمله في الفيلم. |
| line⇒ vi | (take position) | يصطف |
| | Please line up here and we will see you one at a time. |
| line [sth]⇒ vtr | (baseball: hit a line drive) (في البيسبول) | يسدد كرة مستقيمة |
| | He lined the ball to center field and got to first base. |
| line [sth] vtr | (mark with lines) | يسطّر |
| | The teacher told the pupils to line their blank sheets of paper before writing on them. |
| | طلب المدرس من التلاميذ أن يسطِّروا الأوراق البيضاء قبل الكتابة عليها. |
| line [sth] vtr | (add lining) | يبطّن شيئًا |
| | Sophie lined the inside of the box with paper to protect the contents. |
| | Line your baking tin with greaseproof paper, so the cake won't stick. |
| | بطّنت صوفي الصندوق بالورق لحماية محتوياته. |
| line [sth] vtr | (be lining) | يبطّن |
| | The paper lined the sides of the box. |
صيغ مركبة:
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| A-line adj | (garment: wider at hem) (ثوب: ضيق في الأعلى وواسع في الأسفل) | جرسٍ |
| above-the-line adj | figurative (of current expenses) (في النفقات الحالية) | فوق الخط |
| above-the-line adj | figurative (advertising: in mass media) (إعلان) | عبر وسائل الإعلام |
| above the line expr | figurative (of current expenses) (في النفقات الحالية) | فوق الخط |
| above the line expr | figurative (advertising: in mass media) (إعلان) | عبر وسائل الإعلام |
analog line (US),
analogue line (UK) n | (cable: non-digital data) | خط تماثلي، خط تناظري، خط غير رقمي |
| | This computer has a modem, allowing it to send data over an analog line. |
| assembly line n | (factory system, production line) | خط التجميع |
| | He had worked on the assembly line all his life. |
| assembly line production n | (cycle of manufacturing) | إنتاج في خطوط التجميع |
back line,
backline n | (sport: defensive players) | لاعبو الدفاع، لاعبو الخط الخلفي |
| | The back line stopped the other team from scoring. |
back line,
backline n | (sport: line on field) (خط في ملعب رياضي) | الخط الخلفي |
| | The ball crossed the back line before the player could reach it. |
| backline n | (equipment: amplification) | مكبّرات الصوت |
| | The backline was at the back of the stage, ready for the musicians. |
| bar line n | (music notation: mark of a measure) | خطوط السلم الموسيقي |
| | Bar lines separate the measures in a piece of music. |
| | تفصل خطوط السلم الموسيقي بين الموازين في القطعة الموسيقية. |
baseline,
base line n | (standard, guideline) | خط أساس، خط قاعديّ، أساس |
| | These sales figures will be used as the baseline for the company's success in future years. |
| | ستُستخدم أرقام المبيعات هذه لتكون الأساس الذي يقاس عليه نجاح الشركة في السنوات المقبلة. |
baseline,
base line n | (baseball: line between bases) (خط بين القواعد في البيسبول) | خط القواعد |
| | The baseline from first to second base is not marked on the field. |
| | خط القواعد من القاعدة الأولى إلى الثانية غير مرسوم في الملعب. |
baseline,
base line n | (tennis court marking) (في ملعب التنس) | خط أساس، خط قاعدة |
| | The player serves from just behind the baseline. |
| | يستهلّ اللاعب ضرب الكرة من خلف خط الأساس في الملعب. |
baseline,
base-line n as adj | (standard) | أساسي |
| | The machine monitors any deviation from the patient's baseline heart rate. |
| | تراقب الآلة أي انحراف عن سرعة القلب الأساسية عند المريض. |
| battle line | (warfare) | خطّ القتال |
| below the line expr | (finance: capital expenditure) (مصروفات رأسمالية) | تحت الخط |
| below-the-line adj | (finance: capital expenditures) | خارج الميزانية |
| belt line n | (transportation system) (سكة حديد...) | خطّ مواصلات دائريّ |
| belt line n | (boundary dividing car body) (خط يقسم بدن السيارة) | خط الحزام |
| belt line n | (waist line) | محيط الخصر |
| bikini line n | informal (area around woman's crotch) | خط البكيني |
borderline,
border line n | (line marking a boundary) | خط الحدود |
| | They crossed the borderline into Canada around sunset. |
| | اجتازوا خط الحدود باتجاه كندا عند الغروب تقريبًا. |
borderline,
border line n | figurative (line dividing two things) | حدّ، حدّ فاصل |
| | The borderline between optimism and idealism is a hard one to draw. |
| the bottom line n | figurative, informal (crucial fact) | خلاصة القول، غاية الكلام |
| | The bottom line is you cannot be late for work anymore. |
| bottom line n | figurative, informal (business: profit, loss) | نتيجة مالية |
| | Subtract a company's expenses from its revenue to find its bottom line. |
| bottom-line n as adj | (business: of profit, loss) | صافٍ، نهائيّ |
| | We will go bankrupt if we have another year with these bottom-line results. |
| boundary line n | (border) | خط حدودي |
| | The boundary line between Delaware and Pennsylvania is an arc 12 miles from the Newcastle County Courthouse. |
| boundary line n | (line that indicates a border) | خط فاصل |
| | My sister and I used tape on the floor to mark the boundary line between her side and my side of the room we shared. |
| branch line | (rail line) (في السكة الحديدية) | خطّ فرعيّ، خطّ متفرّع |
| bread line n | (queue for free food) | طابور الأكل المجاني |
breadline,
bread line n | (queue for charity handouts) (صفّ تسلّم المحتاجين الطعام) | صفّ إعاشة |
| | Dozens of hungry people, many of them homeless, were waiting in the breadline. |
bring [sth/sb] into line with [sth],
bring [sth/sb] in line with [sth] v expr | (make [sth] correspond, conform) | يجعل شيئًا يتوافق مع شيء |
| | | يجعل شخصًا يعمل بحسب شيء |
| broken line n | (series of line segments) | خط متقطّع، خط متكسّر |
| broken line n | (highway marking) (على الطرق السريعة) | خط متقطّع |
| bus line n | (company that runs buses) | شركة حافلات |
| | The bus line operates 15 buses and employs 18 drivers. |
bus line (US),
bus route (UK) n | (itinerary of a city bus) | خط سير الحافلات، خط سير الباصات |
| | This bus line goes past the hospital and the railway station. The bus route was changed due to road construction. |
byline,
by-line n | (journalism: line with author's name) | سطر اسم الكاتب |
| | The news site has spelt this journalist's name wrong in the byline. |
byline [sth],
by-line [sth]⇒ vtr | (article: attribute) | يورد اسم كاتب شيء |
| | Newspapers typically do not byline editorials. |
centerline,
center line (US),
centreline,
centre line (UK) n | (line bisecting a plane figure) | خط وسط، محور طوليّ |
centerline,
center line (US),
centreline,
centre line (UK) n | (line painted down the middle of a road) (خط يُطلى في وسط الطريق) | خط وسط الطريق |
centerline,
center line (US),
centreline,
centre line (UK) n | (bisector between radio transmitters) (خط منصِّف بين مرسلَين لاسلكيين) | خط وسط |
| chat-up line n | UK, informal ([sth] said to seduce) | جملة غزل |
| | The boy tried to gain the girl's attention with his chat-up lines. |
clothesline,
clothes line n | (cord for hanging laundry to dry) | حبل الغسيل |
| | Rav pegged his shirts out on the clothesline. |
color line (US),
colour line (UK),
color bar (US),
colour bar (UK) n | (separation by skin color) (في الفصل على أساس لون البشرة) | حاجز اللون |
conga,
conga line n | (dance performed in a long line) (رقصة) | كونغا |
| | The conga snaked through the dance hall and out into the car park. |
| contour line n | (line on map: indicates elevation) (في الخرائط) | خط تساوي الارتفاع، خط مناسيب |
| credit line n | (text showing source of material) (نصّ يُظهر مصدر شيء) | بيان المصدر |
| credit line n | (finance: maximum amount of credit) (الحدّ الأقصى للائتمان) | حدّ الائتمان، سقف الائتمان |
| crisis line n | (emergency telephone helpline) | خط الطوارئ، خط الأزمات |
| | When Nelly first had thoughts of suicide, she called the crisis line. |
| cross the line v expr | figurative (go beyond limit of tolerance) (مجازي) | يتجاوز حدوده |
| curved line n | (linear mark that bends) | منحنى |
| curved line n | figurative (course, direction that bends) | منحنى |
customer careline,
customer care line n | (product support phone service) | خط ساخن |
| | | خدمة العملاء |
| | The company calls this the customer care line, but I call it the help line. |
cut in line (US),
jump the queue (UK) v expr | informal (go in front of others waiting) | لا يقف في الدور، يتجاوز الآخرين في الصف |
| | I get annoyed when people cut in line in front of me. |
| dashed line n | (text: line of dashes) | خط منقط |
| dateline n | (news: line telling date and place of origin) (سطر يبيّن التاريخ ومكان الصدور) | سطر التاريخ |
| dateline n | (international date line) (خط التوقيت الدولي) | خط التوقيت |
| direct line n | (immediate access by phone) | خط مباشر |
| | The vice president has a direct line to the president. |
| dividing line n | figurative (distinction) | خط فاصل |
| | | علامة فارقة |
| | The dividing line between genius and madness is thin indeed. |
| dotted line n | (line of dots on a document) | سطر منقّط |
| | My name is too long to fit on the dotted line. |
down the line,
further down the line expr | figurative, informal (in the future) | في المستقبل |
| | | بثبوتية |
| | Poor posture will cause you back pain further down the line. |
| down the line expr | (to the next person or people) | إلى الشخص الآخر، إلى الصف التالي |
| | The children were told to each take a sweet and pass the jar down the line. |
| draw a line in the sand v expr | figurative (set an acceptable limit, boundary) (مجازي) | يرسم خطًّا لا يسمح بتجاوزه، يضع حدودًا |
| draw the line v expr | figurative, informal (set a limit or restriction) (مجازي) | يضع الخط الأحمر |
| | If we allow some people to do this, then where do we draw the line? |
draw the line at [sth],
draw the line at doing [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (set a limit or restriction) | لا يسمح لنفسه بشيء |
| | I went out for a few beers, but I drew the line at doing shots. |
drop [sb] a line,
drop a line to [sb] v expr | informal (send a message) | يبعث برسالة إلى شخص |
| | I should drop a line to my brother because I haven't written him in a long time. |
| end line n | (American football: field marking) | خط النهاية |
| | The end line is located at the back of each end zone. |
fall for [sth] hook,
line and sinker v expr | figurative, informal (be duped) | يقع في شرك شيء |
| | | ينخدع في شيء |
| | She's so gullible, she fell for his story hook, line, and sinker. |
fall in line,
fall into line,
get into line,
get in line v expr | (people: line up) | يقف في صف، يقف في طابور |
fall in line,
fall into line,
get in line v expr | figurative (person: conform to rule, authority) | يمتثل |
| | I'm tired of your outlandish behaviour; you need to fall into line. |
fall in line with [sth/sb],
fall into line with [sth/sb],
get in line with [sth/sb] v expr | figurative (person: conform to) | يمتثل لشخص/لشيء |
| fall in line with [sth] v expr | figurative (idea, etc.: fit, comply) | يتوافق مع شيء |
| | This philosopher's theories fell in line with the moralistic views of his time. |
| fall line n | (place rivers descend) (موقع انحدار مياه الأنهر) | خط السقوط، خط الشلالات |
| fall line n | (skiing path) (في مسار تزلج على الثلج) | خط النزول |
| fault line n | (geology: crack in the earth) | خط صدع، فالق |
| | Built on a fault line, the city of Ephesus was destroyed by earthquakes. |
fine line between [sth] and [sth],
a fine line between [sth] and [sth] n | figurative (little distinction) | فارق ضئيل |
| | (مجازي) | خيط رفيع |
| | There's a fine line between genius and insanity. |
finish line,
finishing line n | (race: end point) | خط النهاية |
| | Only twelve runners crossed the finishing line. |
firebreak,
fire line n | US (prevents spread of fire) (فسحة بلا شجر لتفادي امتداد الحريق) | فاصل نار، حاجز حريق |
| firing line n | (military: positions for firing) | خط إطلاق النار، خط الرماية |
| | The soldier stepped up to the firing line, took aim and fired. |
| firing line n | figurative (most vulnerable positions) (مجازي) | في مرمى النيران، في الواجهة |
| | When things went wrong, Fred's secretary was always in the firing line. |
| first-line n as adj | UK (used as a first resort) | مُعتمَد أولاً |
| fishing line n | (cord used to catch fish) | خيط صنارة الصيد |
| | The bass was so huge it broke my fishing line and got away. |
| form into line v expr | (military: line up) | ينتظم في صف |
foul line,
free throw line n | (on basketball court) (خط الرمية الحرة) | خط الخطأ |
| | The crowd fell silent as the player stepped up to the foul line. |
| foul line n | (on baseball field) (في ملعب البيسبول) | خط الخطأ |
front line,
frontline n | sometimes plural (battlefront in a war) | الخط الأمامي، خط الجبهة |
| | The soldiers' legs trembled when they heard they would be sent to the front line. |
| | For many years, female soldiers were not allowed on the front lines. |
front line,
frontline n | figurative (forefront of a field of endeavor) | طليعة، صدارة |
| | The researchers at this university are on the frontline of medical research. |
front-line,
frontline n as adj | (at the battlefront) (مضاف إليه) | الخطِّ الأماميّ |
| | Prior to World War I, it was not unusual for front-line soldiers' uniforms to be brightly coloured. |
front-line,
frontline n as adj | figurative (leading) | طليعة |
get in line,
get into line v expr | (join a queue) | يقف في الطابور/الصفّ |
| | We all got in line for the roller-coaster. |
| get in line v expr | figurative (wait your turn) | ينتظر دوره |
| | You want to take your revenge on him? You'll have to get in line! |
go online,
go on-line vi + adv | (connect to internet) | يتصل بالإنترنت، يدخل الإنترنت |
| goal line n | (sport: front boundary of a goal) | خط المرمى |
| | The referee stood close to the goal line. |
| hand line n | often plural (crease in palm of hand) | خطّ كفّ |
| hard line n | (staunch position) | تشدُّد، موقف متشدِّد |
hardline,
hard-line n as adj | (staunch, uncompromising) | متصلب، عنيد |
| have a direct line to [sb] v expr | (immediate access) | عنده تواصل مباشر مع شخص |
helpline,
help-line n | (phone service offering support) | خط هاتفي للمساعدة، خط مساعدة هاتفي، خط مساعدة |
| | If you are unsatisfied with this product, please call our helpline, open 24 hours a day. |