lifeline

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈlaɪfˌlaɪn/

名詞

広義

A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling. / (by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis. / A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.

日本語の意味

溺れたり落下したりする犠牲者がしがみつく救命索や救助用具としての意味 / 危機的状況における、唯一の救いや希望をもたらす手段 / 必要不可欠な物資などを運ぶための手段や経路としての意味

英語の意味

A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling. / (by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis. / A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.

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When the swimmer began to struggle, the coast guard threw a lifeline that saved his life.

泳いでいた人がもがき始めたとき、沿岸警備隊は命綱を投げ、それが彼の命を救った。

詳細

意味（1）

A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling.

意味（2）

(by extension) A source of salvation in a crisis.

The girls, of course, were my lifeline during this time.

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意味（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.

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意味（4）

(engineering) System or structure of vital importance to a community.

意味（5）

(nautical) On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas.

意味（6）

(underwater diving) A line from the diver to a tender at the surface control point.

意味（7）

(palmistry) A particular crease in the palm.

lifelines （ plural ）