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Mainline Railway N Adj 形容词   [Adj Drug 英

英语单词 mainline
英美音标 英 ['meɪnlaɪn] 美 ['meɪnlaɪn]
中文释义 主线;主静脉
英语例句 (1) nbsp; The train moved slowly south through flat, drab mainline scenery.
(2) She pumped the stuff right into the mainline.
中文例句 (1) 火车穿过干线两侧风景单调乏味的地区,缓缓地向南驶去。
(2) 她将麻醉剂直接注入手臂的主静脉。
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词](铁路)干线的,主线的 A mainline railway is a major railway between two important places.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...the first mainline railway to be built in Britain for almost a hundred years...

    近一百年来英国将要建设的首条铁路干线

  • ...London's mainline stations.

    伦敦的主干线车站

2
[ADJ 形容词](人、观点、行为)主流的,传统的,约定俗成的 You can use mainline to describe people, ideas, and activities that belong to the most central, conventional, and normal part of a tradition, institution, or business.
  [ADJ n]
  • We observe a striking shift away from a labor theory among all mainline economists...

    我们发现在主流经济学家中间出现了一种偏离劳动理论的显著变化。

  • Mainline feminism was arguing for the inherent beauty of the natural woman.

    主流女权主义思想倡导女性天生的自然美。

3
[VERB 动词]注射(毒品) If people mainline a drug or if they mainline, they inject an illegal drug into themselves.
  [V n]
  [Also V]
  [usu cont]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • We see him snorting and mainlining cocaine.

    我们看见他吸食并注射可卡因。

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