lifeline

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 līfʹlīn'

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.
  2. A source of salvation in a crisis. broadly
    — The girls, of course, were my lifeline during this time.
  3. A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
    — Planners did not see the access routes as west Berlin's sole lifeline, which now seems instinctive to us.
  4. A system or structure of vital importance to a community.
  5. On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas.
  6. A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.
  7. A particular crease in the palm.

词形变化

lifelines plural life-line alternative life line alternative

词源

From life + line.
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