mainline
US /ˈmeɪn.laɪn/
UK /ˈmeɪn.laɪn/
名詞
幹線, 主幹道, 主管道
a principal road, railway line, or conduit
範例:
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The accident occurred on the railway mainline.
事故發生在鐵路幹線上。
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The city's water supply comes from a large mainline pipe.
城市的供水來自一條大型主管道。
動詞
靜脈注射, 直接注入
to inject a drug directly into a vein
範例:
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He was known to mainline heroin.
他曾被發現靜脈注射海洛因。
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The patient needed to be mainlined with fluids.
病人需要靜脈注射液體。
形容詞
幹線的, 主要的
of or relating to a principal road, railway line, or conduit
範例:
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The mainline train was delayed due to a signal failure.
幹線列車因信號故障而延誤。
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They are working on upgrading the mainline infrastructure.
他們正在升級幹線基礎設施。