- いっちょくせん
- [一直線] beeline【C】《米》一直線, 最短距離.◇→一直線の◇→一直線に一直線
straight line* * *いっちょくせん【一直線】beeline〖C〗《米》一直線, 最短距離.◇ → 一直線の◇ → 一直線に* * *いっちょくせん【一直線】a straight line.●一直線に in a straight line
・一直線に進む go [keep] straight on; make straight 《for…》; 《米》 make a beeline 《for…》
・その神社は学校から一直線に 500 メートルほど行ったところにある. The shrine stands about 500 meters from the school in a straight line [as the crow flies].
・呼吸が止まり心電図が一直線になった. She stopped breathing, and the EEG [electroencephalograph] trace went flat.
・太陽, 月, 地球がほぼ一直線に並んだ. The sun, the moon, and the earth were lined up in virtually a straight line [almost dead straight].
・彼は 20 年間仕事一直線に突っ走ってきた. For the past 20 years he has devoted himself single-mindedly to his work.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.