单词
lifeline
英 ['laɪflaɪn]
美['laɪf'laɪn]
基本信息
- n. 生命线；救生索
英英释意
- 1. a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live
- 2. support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection);
- "the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin"
- "she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief"
- 3. line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver
- 4. line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning
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