| 单词 | main |
| 释义 | main main1 /mayn/, adj. 1. chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan. 2. sheer; utmost, as strength or force: to lift a stone by main force. 3. of or pertaining to a broad expanse: main sea. 4. Gram. syntactically independent; capable of use in isolation. Cf. dependent (def. 4), independent (def. 14), main clause. 5. Naut. a. of or pertaining to a mainmast. b. noting or pertaining to a sail, yard, boom, etc., or to any rigging belonging to a mainmast. c. noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a mainmast: main topmast stay. 6. Obs. a. having or exerting great strength or force; mighty. b. having momentous or important results; significant. n. 7. a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc. 8. physical strength, power, or force: to struggle with might and main. 9. the chief or principal part or point: The main of their investments was lost during the war. 10. Literary. the open ocean; high sea: the bounding main. 11. the mainland. 12. in the main, for the most part; chiefly: In the main, the novel was dull reading. adv. 13. South Midland U.S. (chiefly Appalachian). very; exceedingly: The dogs treed a main big coon. v.i. , v.t. 14. Slang. mainline. [bef. 900; (n.) ME meyn, mayn strength, power, OE maegen, c. ON megin(n), megn strength; (adj.) ME mayn, partly < ON megenn, megn strong, partly independent use of OE maegen (n.) taken as an adj. in compounds, as in maegen-weorc, lit., work of might] Syn. 1. cardinal, prime, paramount, primary, capital. 2. pure, direct. 7. conduit. 8. might. Ant. 1. secondary, least. 8. weakness. main2 /mayn/, n. a cockfighting match. [1560-70; perh. special use of MAIN1; cf. main chance] |
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