pull strings，pull wires，control from behind the scenes，act as go-between，wire-pull ；

[例句] 如果要在一次选举里做手脚, 就由斯·贝尔曼来牵线. If there is an election to be jobbed, it is S . Behrman who manipulates it.

[例句] 他是我们的牵线人, 这份恩情我们记下了. He is our go - between , we really thank him for that.

[地] parallel，[纺] weft，woof ；

[例句] 纬线是从东到西的线. Latitudes are the lines that go from east to west.

[例句] 这里的两条纬线提供了有关这两条纬线之间范围的更详细的信息. Aand second, which provides more accute detail between these two parallels.

wireless ；

[例句] 她的汽车里有一部无线通讯电话机. She has a cellular telephone in her car.

[例句] 你的无线电能收到北京广播 吗 ? Can you get Radio Beijing on your wireless?

[计] isogram，isoline，[化] contour line，isopleth ；

[例句] 通过平滑等值线得到的结果必然带有解释人员的倾向性. The result obtained by smoothing contours is inevitably biased by the interpreter.

[例句] 可以得出等值线的偏移位置. The migrated position of the contour can be found.

centre line，mean line，median ；

[例句] 一名士兵站在道路中心线上，一只胳膊高高举起。 A soldier stood on the centre line of the road, his arm upraised.

[例句] 而且他们发现,沿裂谷中心线也有暖水点. They, too, found warm - water spots along the center of the rift valley.

[地理] tropic，regression line ；

[例句] 南北回归线是日照直射点的最远纬度. Tropic of capricorn and cancer is the furthest latitude of sunlight.

[例句] 我们在地图上找到了回归线的位置. We find the position of the tropics on the map.

[图] alignment，setting-out ；

[例句] 利用全站仪解决了大面积室内装修工程中的定点 、 定线问题. By using total station , problems of setting out in scale indoor decoration can be solved.

[例句] 论述了厦门湾附近水域船舶定线的目的. The purpose of the ship routing in Xiamen bay and its adjacent waters is discussed.

generatrix ；

[例句] 此设计使输电母线易于电压控制. This design facilitates voltage control of a transmission bus.

[例句] 本型电流互感器为母线式. The current transformer is fully enclosed and busbar structure.

front，battle line，battlefront，line ；

[例句] 爱国者战线在政治上一直无足轻重。 The Patriotic Front has been a political irrelevance.

[例句] 各条生产战线捷报频传. Reports of fresh successes roll in from all fronts of production.

silk thread (for sewing)，silk yarn ；

[例句] 工艺人员服务公司也售卖纱线和绣花丝线。 Craft Resources also sells yarn and embroidery floss.

[例句] 真金的丝线被织进布料里为皇室做衣裳. Threads of real gold were woven into the cloth for the royal garments.

thread stitching，sewed，sewn，traditional thread binding ；

[例句] 蒸发器的蒸汽线装有雾沫分离器. The evaporator vapor lines are fitted with an entrainment separator.

[例句] 装订线是锁线订 、 缝纫订 、 三眼订和线装的订书材料. Gutter is sewing, sewing, and three eyes sewn book of materials.

neat line （墙面）； [数] directrix，alignment ；

[例句] 垂直和水准线的调整在一幅图像内. Alignment of the vertical and horizontal lines in an image.

[例句] 调整 ( 光学仪器的 ) 瞄准线. To adjust the line of sight of ( an optical device ).

[电] outer，[体] sideline，foul line （棒球、垒球） ；

[例句] 我要求观众们不要走近边线. I asked the spectators to keep back from the sideline.

[例句] 球已出边线. The ball is out of touch.

normal ；

[例句] 在这些图片中面法线显示为青色. In these images the face normals are drawn cyan.

[例句] 翻转法线 - 改变选择面的法线方向. Flip Normals - Change the Normal directions of the selected faces.

[计] underscore，base line ；

[例句] 你必须搞清状况以及自己的底线。 You have to know what's what and when to draw the line.

[例句] 马丁内兹发球的时候通常站在底线处。 Martinez, when she served, usually stayed on the baseline.

[纺] warp，[地] meridian (line)，[航海] longitude line，longitude ；

[例句] 梭子在经线中来回移动. The shuttle moves backwards and forwards through the warp.

[例句] 同一经线上的地方其经度相同. Every place on the same meridian has the same longitude.

perpendicular，vertical line，[计] drop lines ；

[例句] 水平和垂直线所标记 ( 3 ) 是以二进位制表示的数目8. The horizontal and vertical ticks ( 3 ) are a representation of the number 8 in binary form.

[例句] 我们也可以将矩阵分块,即在行以及列之间画一些水平线和垂直线. We may partition matrices by drawing horizontal and vertical lines between the rows and columns.

（由点构成的非实线） dotted line，line of dashes，broken line，dashed ；

[例句] 沿虚线裁开。 Cut along the dotted line.

[例句] 这张地图上国界以虚线标出。 Country boundaries are shown on this map as dotted lines.

fishline，angling line ；

[例句] 尼龙钓线 a nylon fishing line

[例句] 河里的鱼很多, 我钓线上的鱼饵也蛮好, 可这些鱼越来越狡猾,今天就是不上钩. There are plenty of fish in the river, and good baits on my line, but the fish are getting clever and refuse to rise to the bait today.

horizon，landline，skyline，apparent horizon ；

[例句] 她出神地看着小窗子外面的蓝色地平线。 She stared dreamily out of the small window at the blue horizon.

[例句] 陆地在地平线处变成了一片浅灰。 At the horizon the land mass becomes a continuous pale neutral grey.