mainline
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
- An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.
- The principal route or line of a railway.
- In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
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The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.
— Many plumbers will tell you they don't go off property since that is the local water company's responsibility. Most local water companies would prefer that, if a line is snaked, it is snaked all the way to the mainline connection.
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A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.
— I'm searching for my mainline / I said I couldn't hit it sideways
- The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.
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Alternative form of main line.
— 8. ...Qe7! is the mainline and Black unpins with Nc6-d8-e6 […]
- The general population of a prison.
动词 v.
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To inject (a drug) directly into a vein.
— The patient skinpopped for 1½ years and then started to mainline heroin.
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To consume voraciously.
— Last month, she lamented that her busy campaign schedule had kept her from mainlining Amazon’s new “Rings of Power” series.
- To integrate (code, etc.) into the main repository for a software project, rather than separate forks.
- To include (a prisoner) in the general population of a prison.
形容词 adj.
- Normal, principal or standard.
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Not fundamentalist, charismatic or evangelical.
— At a time when mainline denominations are engaged in massive closures of small rural churches, independent charismatics are strategically helping to rechurch rural Canada.
- Of or pertaining to the principal route or line of a railway.
- Of or pertaining to a surface-level heavy rail system as distinct from an underground, elevated or light rail one.
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Of or pertaining to national or long-distance rail network operators as opposed to urban and suburban operators.
— Merseyrail and mainline services affected by downpour with more heavy rain forecast
- Pertaining to a direct route between two major ports.
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Of a sequence of opening moves: being part of a main line ("a standard sequence of opening moves considered to be best play").
— After 3 e5 the Czech Benoni Defense is created. Unlike the mainline 3 e6, which aims for tactical counterplay in the center, Black aims for solidity there. He will choose later what flank to attack on.
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词源
词源 1
From main + line.
词源 2
From main + line.
词源 3
From main + line.
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