- せいめいせん
- せいめいせん【生命線】〔重要地域〕 a lifeline; 〔手相の〕 the line of Life; the Lifeline.
●〔手相で〕生命線が長い[短い] have a long [short] Lifeline.
●生命線を守る guard one's lifeline
・生命線を脅かす threaten [menace] sb's lifeline.
●かつて地中海はイギリスの生命線といわれていた. It used to be said that the Mediterranean constituted Britain's lifeline.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.