main
主要的,最重要的;全力的;
最主要的部分,重点;主要管道;体力;[航海]公海
变形
复数:mains
双语释义
- [A]主要的,最重要的 of greater size, importance, or influence than others; chief
- [P](水、煤气等的)总管道,(电力、铁路等的)干线 the chief pipe supplying water or gas, or a chief wire carrying electricity, into a building from outside
英英释义
main[ mein ]
- n.
- any very large body of (salt) water
同义词:briny
- a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
- any very large body of (salt) water
- adj.
- most important element
"the main doors were of solid glass"
同义词:chief(a)primary(a)principal(a)
- (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
"the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"
同义词:independent
- of force; of the greatest possible intensity
"by main strength"
- most important element
词汇搭配
- the main building主楼
- the main business主要工作
- the main canal主渠
- the main course主菜
- the main entrance大门
- the main figure主要人物
- the main forces主力
- the main hero主角
- the main idea主要的想法
- the main item主要项目
- the main objective宗旨
- the main picture(电影的)正片
- the main point主要论点
- the main purpose主要目的
- the main river主要河流
- the main road主干道
- the main sail主帆
- the main shops主要的商店
- the main street大马路
- the main strength全力
- the main thing主要事情
- the main wall主墙
- the main work主要著作
- the main writers最重要的作家
- break out into mains开辟总管道
- dredge the main疏通总管道
- fix main铺设(水、煤气等的)总管道
- form main形成总管道
- hit main击中(水、煤气等的)总管道
- lay main安装(水、煤气等的)总管道
- relay main重新铺设(水、煤气等的)总管道
- resume main恢复总管道
- alternate main备用总管道
- blocked main堵塞的(水、煤气等的)总管道
- burst main破裂的(水、煤气等的)总管道
- secret mains秘密总管道
- drain main排水管道
- exhaust main排气管道
- feed main供给管道
- gas main煤气管道
- steam main蒸汽管道
- through main通过管道
词组短语
main products主要产品
main body主体,主要部分;主船体;机身
main reason主要原因
main content主要内容
main effect主效应
main task主任务
in the main基本上
main purpose主要目的
main part主要部分,主体;主要零件
main idea主要意思,主旨
main feature主要特征;主要特点;主景;功能特点
main force主力;主力军;主力部队
main line干线;[俚]大静脉
main material[经]主要材料
main point主点,主穴;大纲
main structure主要结构
main street大街
main character主要人物;主要角色
main shaft n. 主轴;总轴
main circuit主电路;主回路;昼路
同近义词辨析
这组词都有“首要的,主要的”的意思,其区别是:
principal用于人时,指地位优于其他人;用于物时,指该物在大小、重要性等方面优于他物。
leading侧重指具有影响力或凝聚力。从而有主导和引导的作用。
primary通常不用于人。用于物时,指在重要性方面占第一位。
foremost侧重指在行进或发展过程中居首位。
capital着重指因重要性、意义、优越或重大而名列同类之首。
major指同其他人或其它物、问题等相比较,显得更加重要和突出。
chief拽人时,表同类中职位最高,权力最大;指物时,表同类中最重要,价值最高。
main通常只用于物。指在一定范围内,某物的重要性、体积或力量等超过其它物。
双语例句
- The teacher asked me to note down the main points of the speech.
老师要求我把演说的要点记下来。 - The speech was most disappointing,it skirted round all the main questions.
这篇演讲非常令人失望,它回避了所有主要的问题。 - By defeating their main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market.
这家公司击败了主要的竞争对手而垄断了整个小麦市场。 - The main road was flooded so we had to go round by narrow country lanes.
公路干线遭水淹没,我们只得择乡间小径绕行。
- The main of their investments was lost in the war.
他们的大部分投资在战争中损失了。 - Is that the street that runs parallel to the main?
是那条与主街道平行的街道吗? - I turned the gas off at the mains before I went out.
我出门之前,把煤气的总阀关掉了。 - When the water pipe burst she had the intelligence to turn off the water at the main.
水管裂开时,她很有头脑,连忙把总水门关上了。 - My new house is not yet connected to the mains.
我的新房子还没接上水、 电、 煤气呢。