A telephone lineman on his crane hears it as a clattering clank of metal, like a clumsy heist at Home Depot; 塔吊上的线路工人听到了类似于敲击金属的咣当声,仿佛旅店中粗暴笨拙的抢劫犯发出的声音;
( football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated. (足球)在比赛中一个防守选手允许去穿过并列争球的防线。
A lineman is trying to repair the damaged pylon. 线务员正试图修理被损坏的电缆塔。
The reader is tempted to ask how this crew-cut, ex-star offensive lineman from Dartmouth College came to hold the same high office as Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the US Treasury. 读者不禁要问,这个剃着平头的家伙,达特茅斯大学(dartmouthcollege)夕日的明星进攻内锋,怎么就登上了与美国第一任财长亚历山大汉密尔顿(alexanderhamilton)平起平坐的高位呢?
The lineman was severely burned by the live wire. 电线架设工人被通电的电线严重烧伤。