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a number of people standing or sitting next to each other in a line; a number of objects arranged in a line 一排；一列；一行 - row of somebody/something
There is a row of trees in front of the house. 房子前面有一排树。 - in a row
We sat in a row at the back of the room. 我们在屋子的后面坐成一排。 The vegetables were planted in neat rows. 蔬菜种得整整齐齐。 - row upon row of somebody/something
He looked down at row upon row of eager faces. 他向下看见一排排表情热切的面孔。
Homophones rose | rowsrose rows- rose noun
He gave me a single red rose. 他给了我一朵红玫瑰。
- rose verb (past tense of rise)
Prices rose 2 per cent in December. 去年12月，房价上涨了2%。
- rows noun (plural of row1)
Five rows of chairs were set out facing the whiteboard. 面对白板摆了五排椅子。
- rows verb (third person of row1)
She rows across the river, helping passengers reach the other side. 她划船过河，帮助乘客到达对岸。
Extra ExamplesShe arranged the chairs in two neat rows. 她把椅子排成整齐的两排。 The children stood in a row. 孩子们站成了一排。 endless rows of identical houses 望不到头的一排排一模一样的房子
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bottom
- middle
- top
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- in a/the row1
- row1 of
- the end of the row
- the middle of the row
- rows and rows
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- row of somebody/something
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a line of seats in a cinema, theatre, etc. （剧院、电影院等的）一排座位 - in the… row
Let's sit in the back row. 我们坐在最后一排吧。 We have seats in the front row. 我们的座位在前排。 Our seats are five rows from the front. 我们的座位在前面第五排。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bottom
- middle
- top
- …
- in a/the row1
- row1 of
- the end of the row
- the middle of the row
- rows and rows
- …
- in the… row
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a line of numbers or words arranged one after the other across the page in a table 行： 表格中页面上一行或一行的数字或单词The top row of Table 2 shows the current values. 表2的顶行显示了当前值。 There are eight rows and four columns in the table. 表格中有八行四列。 You can insert rows between existing ones. 您可以在现有行之间插入行。
a complete line of stitches in knitting or crochet (= ways of making clothing, etc. out of wool) （编织中的）针行，一整行 - Row
used in the name of some roads （用于某些道路名称） Manor Row 庄园路 I live at 22 Western Row. 我住在西路22号。
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an act of rowing a boat; the period of time spent doing this 划船（时间） see also death row, skid row
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 Old English rāw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rij and German Reihe. noun sense 5 Old English rōwan, of Germanic origin; related to rudder; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin remus ‘oar’, Greek eretmon ‘oar’.
Idioms
get/have (all) your ducks in a row
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to have made all the preparations needed to do something; to be well organized 为某事做充分准备；把事情安排得井井有条 The company has its ducks in a row for a move into the Asian market. 该公司为进军亚洲市场而大打出手。 Get your ducks in a row before you retire. 退休前把你的鸭子排成一排。
in a row
if something happens several times in a row, it happens in exactly the same way each time, and nothing different happens in the time between 连续几次地 if something happens for several days, etc. in a row, it happens on each of those days 接连几天（等）地