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单词 redline
释义

redline

See also: red line

English

Redlines on a tachometer

Etymology

red + line, originating with the frequent use of red pen or pencil to mark corrections on drawings and documents (1), and the red markings on a tachometer (2).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛd.laɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdlaɪn

Noun

redline (plural redlines)

  1. A drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification.
  2. The maximum speed, temperature, pressure, etc., at which a device (such as the engine in a car, aircraft, etc.) is designed to operate.

Verb

redline (third-person singular simple present redlines, present participle redlining, simple past and past participle redlined)

  1. To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification.
  2. To operate a device at one or more redlines.
    1. (automotive) To run an internal combustion engine to its maximum or maximum recommended speed.
  3. (Canada, US, urban studies) To deny or complicate access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas.
    Antonym: greenline
    • 1995 September, Richard Barbrook; Andy Cameron, “The Californian Ideology”, in Mute, volume 1, number 3, ISSN 1356-7748:
      Already ‘redlined’ by profit-hungry telcos, the inhabitants of poor inner city areas can be shut out of the new on-line services through lack of money.
  4. (audio engineering) To achieve audio levels that will cause clipping (indicated by red in an audio meter).

See also

  • redlining
  • sundown town

Further reading

  • redline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • redlining on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Nile red, relined
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