プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
れつ【列】
❶〔連なり,並び〕a line;〔横列〕a rank, a row;〔縦列〕a file;〔順番を待つ人の列〕 《米》 a line,《英》 a queue [kjúː]
子供の列
a line of children
店の前に列ができていた
People had lined [queued] up in front of the shop.
列の前の方に並んでいた
I was near the head of the line.
子供たちは一列に並んだ
The children 「lined up [formed a line].
列を横切る
cross [break through] a line
列を乱さないでください
〔割り込まない〕Don't break into the line [queue]./Don't jump the queue./〔はみ出さない〕Keep in line.
学生は2列[3列]になって講堂へ入った
The students entered the auditorium in double [triple] file./The students entered the auditorium two [three] abreast.
兵隊の列が家の前を通り過ぎて行った
Soldiers filed past the house.
軍隊は4列縦隊で行進した
The soldiers marched 「in columns of four [in four columns].
兵隊の横列
a rank of soldiers
一列に並んだ家々
a row of houses
前の列の人
the people in the front row
椅子(いす)を10ずつ6列に並べなさい
Arrange the chairs in six rows of ten./Make six rows of ten chairs each.
道の両側には見物人が横に5列に並んでいた
Spectators stood five deep on either side of the road.
❷〔同列の仲間〕
彼は名人の列に入る
He ranks among [with] the great masters.