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hang sth on a clothesline
clothesline 是可数名词，常与 on 搭配，表示“在晒衣绳上”。
She hung the wet shirts on a clothesline in the backyard.
她把湿衬衫挂在后院的晒衣绳上。
晒衣绳
clotheslines — plural of clothesline
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
晒衣绳
clothesline
She hung the wet shirts on a clothesline in the backyard.
她把湿衬衫挂在后院的晒衣绳上。
晾衣绳
A rope or cord tied up outdoors to hang clothes on so they can dry.
用来晾晒衣物的绳子
a cord on which clothes are hung to dry
带有多条绳索的晾衣装置
A structure with multiple cords for the same purpose, such as a Hills hoist.
She hung the wet shirts on the clothesline in the backyard.
她把湿衬衫挂在后院的晒衣绳上。
The wind blew the clothes off the clothesline.
风把衣服从晒衣绳上吹了下来。
We need to buy a new clothesline because the old one broke.
我们需要买一条新晒衣绳，因为旧的断了。
clothesline 是可数名词，常与 on 搭配，表示“在晒衣绳上”。
She hung the wet shirts on a clothesline in the backyard.
她把湿衬衫挂在后院的晒衣绳上。
string 意为“拉、系”，与 between 连用说明晒衣绳的两端位置。
We strung a clothesline between two trees.
我们在两棵树之间拉了一根晒衣绳。
off the clothesline 表示“从绳上取下”，与 on the clothesline 相对。
Please take the dry towels off the clothesline.
请把干毛巾从晒衣绳上取下来。
Not this
I need clothesline to dry my clothes.
Use this
I need a clothesline to dry my clothes.
clothesline 是可数名词（复数 clotheslines），单数形式前需要加冠词 a/an；写成“I need clothesline”是受中文“需要晒衣绳”逐字直译的影响，漏掉了冠词。
Not this
The towels are hanging in the clothesline.
Use this
The towels are hanging on the clothesline.
表示“在晒衣绳上”时，英语用介词 on，表示衣物与绳子的表面接触；in 一般表示在封闭空间内部。受中文“在……上”过度泛化的影响，学习者容易误用 in。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
把衣服挂在晾衣绳上
She hung the wet clothes on the clothesline to dry.
她把湿衣服挂在晾衣绳上晾干。
晾衣绳杆
The clothesline pole fell over in the storm.
晾衣绳杆在暴风雨中倒了。
拉一根晾衣绳
I need to string up a clothesline in the backyard.
我需要在后院拉一根晾衣绳。
从晾衣绳上取下衣服
Please take down the clothes from the clothesline before it rains.
下雨前请把衣服从晾衣绳上取下来。
可伸缩晾衣绳
A retractable clothesline is handy for small balconies.
可伸缩晾衣绳对小阳台很方便。
户外晾衣绳
An outdoor clothesline saves electricity.
户外晾衣绳可以省电。
Use clotheslines naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 clothes（衣服）和 line（线绳）拼在一起想：一条线上晾着衣服，就是晒衣绳。
语域：neutral 常见场景：home、backyard、laundry clothesline（晒衣绳）是日常中性词，多用于家庭洗衣场景，比如在后院或阳台晾衣服。正式书面语中使用也很自然，不会显得口语化。
这些词都与 clothesline 的末尾音节 /laɪn/ 押韵：line、pine、fine、shine、sign、nine。其中 line 是 clothesline 的组成部分；sign 拼作 -sign，但读音是 /saɪn/，与 -ine 相同。注意 clothes 读 /kləʊðz/，不要误读成 close /kləʊz/ 或 cloth /klɒθ/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.