cline

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cline /klaɪn/ noun [countable] technical  MEASUREa series of very small differences in a group of things of the same kind 渐变群；连续体 SYN continuum

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cline• The colouring of Scandinavian cattle in the past was also characteristic in that many showed variations of the colour-sided cline.• In other words, the disposition of the reader is a factor in moving along the cline in either direction.• However, the further rightwards along the cline a metaphor is located, the greater is the potential for multiple interpretations.• The cline is represented in Figure 1.Origin cline (1900-2000) Greek klinein “to lead”

cline nounChinese  

small in differences of a things a series group of very Corpus

Cline
Cline, Patsy
(1932–63) a US country and western singer who died in a plane crash. A film called Sweet Dreams was made about her life, and this is also the name of one of her songs.

cline
cline /klaɪn/ noun [countable] technicala series of very small differences in a group of things of the same kind
   SYN  continuum

clineBrE /klaɪn/ 🔊NAmE /klaɪn/ 🔊 nouna series of similar items in which each is almost the same as the ones next to it, but the last is very different from the first 渐变群，梯度变异（群体中相邻的两个成员相差无几，但第一个和最后一个之间差异极明显） SYN continuum