also side-line, "line on the side of a fish," 1768; "lines marking the limits of playing area" (on a football field, etc.), 1862, from side (adj.) + line (q.v.). Meaning "course of business aside from one's regular occupation" is from 1890. Railway sense is from 1890. The figurative sense of "position removed from active participation" is attested from 1934 (from the railway sense or from sports, because players who are not in the game stand along the sidelines). The verb meaning "put out of play" is from 1945. Related: Sidelined; sidelining.
雙語例句
1. It was quite a lucrative sideline.
這份兼職很賺錢。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Mr. Means sold computer disks as a sideline.
米恩斯先生以賣計算機(jī)硬盤作為副業(yè)。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products.
集市上農(nóng)副產(chǎn)品非常豐富.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.
他決定把自己的愛好變成賺錢的副業(yè).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. I asked the spectators to keep back from the sideline.