英语词汇“main”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

main

(meɪn )

Word forms: mains

1. adjective B1

The main thing is the most important one of several similar things in a particular situation.

...one of the main tourist areas of Amsterdam.

My main concern now is to protect the children.

What are the main differences and similarities between them?

Synonyms: chief, leading, major, prime

2. in the main phrase

If you say that something is true in the main, you mean that it is generally true, although there may be exceptions.

Tourists are, in the main, sympathetic people.

In the main, children are taboo in the workplace.

Synonyms: on the whole, generally, mainly, mostly

3. countable noun [usually plural]

The mains are the pipes which supply gas or water to buildings, or which take sewage away from them.

...the water supply from the mains.

The capital has been without mains water since Wednesday night.

4. plural noun

The mains are the wires which supply electricity to buildings, or the place where the wires end inside the building. [mainly British]

...amplifiers which plug into the mains.

Make sure plugs are disconnected from the mains.

It is mains or battery powered.

Idioms:

have an eye for the main chance [British]

to be aware all the time of the best opportunities that are available

New York has always been a place where individuals with an eye for the main chance could make their fortunes.

Collocations:

main square

The centrepiece of all this was a platform in the city's main square bearing 20 statuettes, each a caricature of the visiting leaders.

Times, Sunday Times

It was a fraternal double act that caught the eye on the main square.

Times, Sunday Times

But you need only step a couple of streets off the main square and it's back to being its peaceful, sleepy self.

Times, Sunday Times

Then we went for a pizza beneath the trees dappling the main square.

Times, Sunday Times

There, less than a mile from the main square, things reached an ugly stalemate.

Times, Sunday Times

Translations:

Chinese: 主要的

Japanese: 主な

单词	main
释义	main (meɪn ) Word forms: mains 1. adjective B1 The main thing is the most important one of several similar things in a particular situation. ...one of the main tourist areas of Amsterdam. My main concern now is to protect the children. What are the main differences and similarities between them? Synonyms: chief, leading, major, prime 2. in the main phrase If you say that something is true in the main, you mean that it is generally true, although there may be exceptions. Tourists are, in the main, sympathetic people. In the main, children are taboo in the workplace. Synonyms: on the whole, generally, mainly, mostly 3. countable noun [usually plural] The mains are the pipes which supply gas or water to buildings, or which take sewage away from them. ...the water supply from the mains. The capital has been without mains water since Wednesday night. 4. plural noun The mains are the wires which supply electricity to buildings, or the place where the wires end inside the building. [mainly British] ...amplifiers which plug into the mains. Make sure plugs are disconnected from the mains. It is mains or battery powered. Idioms: have an eye for the main chance [British] to be aware all the time of the best opportunities that are available New York has always been a place where individuals with an eye for the main chance could make their fortunes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: main square The centrepiece of all this was a platform in the city's main square bearing 20 statuettes, each a caricature of the visiting leaders. Times, Sunday Times It was a fraternal double act that caught the eye on the main square. Times, Sunday Times But you need only step a couple of streets off the main square and it's back to being its peaceful, sleepy self. Times, Sunday Times Then we went for a pizza beneath the trees dappling the main square. Times, Sunday Times There, less than a mile from the main square, things reached an ugly stalemate. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 主要的 Japanese: 主な
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