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单词 mainline
释义
mainline
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/us
/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/

mainlineadjective(COMMON)

usuallyUS
involvingbeliefs,methods, etc. that are mostcommon:
主流的（信念、方法等）
mainlinechurches主流教会
therivalrybetweencataloguecompaniesand mainlineshops
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Habitual and customary
  • accustomed
  • all in a day's workidiom
  • as a (general) ruleidiom
  • as a matter of courseidiom
  • as per usual/normalidiom
  • knee-jerk
  • mainstreaming
  • make it a ruleidiom
  • mechanical
  • more often than notidiom
  • natural
  • nine
  • per
  • prevail
  • pro forma
  • regulation
  • rule
  • surprise
  • surprise, surpriseidiom
  • trad
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Standard and routine

mainlineadjective(RAILWAY)

UK
relatingto animportantrailwayroutebetweenlargetownsorcities:
（铁路）干线的
Three mainlinerailwaystationswereclosedbecause ofbombthreats.3个干线车站因炸弹威胁而关闭。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Railways & railway lines
  • Amtrak
  • artery
  • branch line
  • buffer
  • electrify
  • funicular
  • junction
  • light rail
  • light railway
  • metro
  • monorail
  • railroad
  • railroad tie
  • RR
  • siding
  • signal
  • signal box
  • switch
  • switchback
  • track
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mainline
verb
slang
uk
/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/us
/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/
[IorT]
toinject(= put into thebodythrough aneedle)drugsdirectlyinto theblood:
静脉注射（毒品）
Several of herfriendswere mainliningheroin.她有几个朋友注射海洛因。
By now she was mainlining.她至今仍在注射毒品。
[T]
toeat,drink,buy, etc.largequantitiesof something as though you cannot get enough of it:
Mainliningmulledwineandeatingvastquantitiesofcheese,breadandchocolateis allpartof thepleasureofskiing.
Japan is acountrythat mainlinesnovelty.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Drugs - general words
  • abstinence
  • abstinence-only
  • bindle
  • biosimilar
  • chase
  • drug
  • medicament
  • multidrug
  • non-intoxicant
  • non-intoxicating
  • nondrug
  • peddler
  • push
  • shoot
  • snort
  • spliff
  • spliff up
  • substance abuse
  • whacked
  • wiped out
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Eating
Drinking
(Definition ofmainlinefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
mainline
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/us
/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/

mainlineadjective(COMMON)

usuallyUS
involvingbeliefs,methods, etc. that are mostcommon
主流的（信念、方法等）
mainlinechurches主流教会
therivalrybetweencatalogcompaniesand mainlinestores目录公司和普通商店之间的竞争

mainlineadjective(RAILWAY)

UK
relatingto animportantrailwayroutebetweenlargetownsorcities
（铁路）干线的
Three mainlinerailwaystationswereclosedbecause ofbombthreats.3个干线车站因炸弹威胁而关闭。
mainline
verb[IorT]
slang
uk
/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/us
/ˈmeɪn.laɪn/
toinject(= put into thebodythrough aneedle)drugsdirectlyinto theblood
静脉注射（毒品）
Several of herfriendswere mainliningheroin.她有几个朋友注射海洛因。
By now she was mainlining.她至今仍在注射毒品。

Examplesofmainline

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People were completing theirmainlinechores of work and child-rearing earlier, even as they were surviving to enjoy normative lifespans.
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They seem to undermine the efforts bymainlinechurches to promote ' development ' through projects in health and education.
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It was only when they encountered hostility frommainlineclergy, who were threatened by ecstatic phenomena, that they began to form their own organization.
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This tabular comparison is believed to reveal themainlinetrends of handling these issues.
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There is little real dispute over the value of these all-purpose talents, even among those who reject the class snobbery of themainlineeugenicists.
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Political and religious conservatives were, and remain, almost entirely absent from themainlinebioethical circles.
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From the perspective of the philosophy of science and its history, these three books can be seen as revealing counter-traditions tomainlinescientism.
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It remains true that themainlineeugenicists were intolerant of personal and social ideals which differed from their own.
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Pentecostalism appears to attract converts at the expense ofmainlinemission churches, a state of affairs frequently commented upon by township residents.
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The goals adopted do notmainlinemy mind, as it were, and take possession of it.
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Consider some well-knownmainlinecompensation schemes.
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I welcome the commencement last week of the full electric service on the east coastmainline.
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An 80-tonne boulder and 10,000 tonnes of cliff rubble had to be removed from the railway track before themainlinetrack could be re-opened.
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We have endorsed in principle the rolling programme ofmainlineelectrification, subject to the necessary improvements in productivity and business results.
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I do not accept that the inter-city strategy and the east coastmainlineelectrification prospectus do not go together.
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