line1
/laɪn/Translation
n [c]
Véase tb: assembly line; bottom line; clothes line; dotted line; finishing line; fishing line; front line; production line; railway {line/track}; to drop sb a line; to fall for sth hook, line and sinker; to take a hard line {on/over} sth; to toe the line; washing line›
⇨ línea
in a straight line en línea recta
⇨ raya
› US (UK queue)
⇨ fila
⇨ cola
›
⇨ cuerda
⇨ cable
› (del tren)
⇨ vía
›
⇨ línea [telefónica o eléctrica]
›I'm sorry, the line is busy
Lo siento, está comunicando
› (de un texto)
⇨ línea
■ La forma abreviada es l› US
⇨ frontera
{along/on} the lines of sth
⇨ del estilo de algo
She has written a new book along the lines of her first ones Ha escrito un nuevo libro del estilo de sus primeros trabajos
to read between the lines
⇨ leer entre líneas
(Definition of line n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish
© Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)
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