线[xiàn]

名

1. thread; string; wire

♦ 一根~ a piece of thread

♦ ~团 a ball of string; a reel of thread

♦ 铜~ copper wire

♦ ~衣~裤 cotton knitwear

2.数line

♦ 直线

3. sth. shaped like a line, thread, etc.

♦ 光线

4. route; line

♦ 供应~ supply route (or line)

♦ 铁道~ railway line

♦ 沪宁~ the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway (Line)

5. demarcation line; boundary

♦ 边界~ boundary line

♦ 海岸~ coastline

6. (political) line

7. brink; verge

♦ 在死亡~上 on the verge of death

♦ 在饥饿~上 on the brink of starvation

8. clue; thread

♦ 案子的~儿断了。 The clue could not be followed up.

量(used with numeral 一 before abstract things, indicating very little)

♦ 一~希望 a ray (or gleam) of hope