a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack
line of battle的用法和样例:
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用作名词 (n.)
The troops were disposed in battle formation. 部队按照作战队形排列好。
Battle lines were simply impossible to manage in the dense woodlands, and largely pointless against the native tribes! 这些轻步兵用以独立行动,在一般战列步兵无法发挥作用的森林地形对付当地土著。