firing line

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle.
  2. A row of shooters.
  3. Line of fire, a situation in which someone or something is targeted. figuratively
    — Directly in their firing line was Sir Brian Robertson, the retired Commander-in-Chief of the Middle East Land Forces in the Second World War, who had been appointed chairman of the British Transport Commission (BTC) in 1953.
  4. The vanguard of an activity. idiomatic

词形变化

firing lines plural
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