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line-up
ˈline-up noun [countable usually singular]
1. the players in a sports team who play in a particular game:
    This was his first match in the starting line-up (=the players who begin the game).
2. a group of people, especially performers, who have agreed to be involved in an event:
    The line-up included top bands Prodigy and Radiohead.
3. a number of events or programmes arranged to follow each other:
    a wonderful line-up of programmes for Christmas and the New Year
4. especially American English a row of people who stand in front of a witness to a crime, who is then asked if he or she recognizes any of them as the criminal
   SYN  identification parade British English


line-upBrE /ˈlaɪn ʌp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlaɪn ʌp/ 🔊 noun [usually singular] the people who are going to take part in a particular event 阵容;阵式an impressive line-up of speakers给人印象深刻的演讲者阵容the starting line-up (= the players who will begin the game) 比赛首发队员阵容a set of items, events etc. arranged to follow one another 节目安排;项目安排 SYN programme A horror movie completes this evening's TV line-up. 今晚电视节目最后安排了一部恐怖影片。🔊🔊(especially NAmE) (BrE also iˌdentifiˈcation parade, informal iˈdentity parade) a row of people, including one person who is suspected of a crime, who are shown to a witness to see if he or she can recognize the criminal 辨认行列,列队认人(把嫌疑犯同其他人排在一起,让目击者辨认)