Mainname詞源 1

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  A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.

Mainname詞源 2

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  A river in Northern Ireland, flowing into Lough Neagh.

Mainname詞源 3

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  A surname.

mainadj詞源 1/meɪn/

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  Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.

  • The main office is actually one of the smaller rooms.
  • Religion direct us rather to ſecure inward peace than outward eaſe, to be more careful to avoid everlaſting and intolerable torment than ſhort and light afflictions which are but for a moment; […] In a word, our main intereſt is to be as happy as we can, and as long as is poſſible; and if we be caſt into ſuch circumſtances, that we muſt be either in part and for a time or elſe wholly and always miſerable, the beſt wiſdom is to chuſe the greateſt and moſt laſting happiness, but the leaſt and ſhorteſt miſery.
• 2

  Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.

  • main timbers
  • main branch of a river
• 3

  archaicFull, sheer, undivided.

  • […] I shall never forget the diabolical sneer which writhed Rashleigh's wayward features, as I was forced from the apartment by the main strength of two of these youthful Titans.
  • Wounded and overthrown, the Britons continued their resistance, clung round the legs of the Norman steeds, and cumbered their advance; while their brethren, thrusting with pikes, proved every joint and crevice of the plate and mail, or grappling with the men-at-arms, strove to pull them from their horses by main force, or beat them down with their bills and Welch hooks.
• 4

  dialectalBig; angry.

• 5

  nauticaltransportBelonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.

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  obsoleteGreat in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.

  • And now that Current with main Fury ran / (The Stop remov'd that did the Courſe defend) / Unto the full of Miſchief, that began / T' an univerſal Ruin to extend; […]

mainadv詞源 1/meɪn/

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  dialectalExceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

  • Suck[y]. A Draught of Ale, Friend, for I'm main dry. / Pen[elope]. Fie! fie! Niece! Is that Liquor for a young Lady? Don't disparage your Family and Breeding!
  • Why, it's main jolly to be sure, and all that so fair.

mainverb詞源 1/meɪn/

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  gamesgamingTo mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.

  • He mains the same character as me in that game.
  • What race do you main and what is your favourite race to beat?
• 2

  obsoleteTo convert (a road) into a main or primary road.

  • When a rural district council considers that a highway in its district ought to become a main road by reason of its being a medium of communication between great towns, or a thoroughfare to a railway station, or otherwise, it may apply to the county council for an order "maining" the road under s. 15 of the Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 77), as amended by s. 3 (viii.) of the Local Government Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41), and the county council may make an order accordingly.
  • The borough did not have an opportunity of conferring with the County Council, but the County Council requested particulars of district roads in the borough which the Council suggested should be mained.

mainnoun詞源 2/meɪn/

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  That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.

  • Antiochus […] thought it a proper time for him to attempt the recovery of Syria; and Hermias his prime Miniſter preſſed hard for his going in perſon to this war, contrary to the Opinion of Epigenes his General; who thought it chiefly concerned him to ſuppreſs the Rebellion of Alexander and Molon in the East; and therefore adviſed him to march immediately in perſon with the main of his Army for the ſubduing of thoſe Rebels, before they ſhould gather greater ſtrength in the revolted Provinces againſt him.
  • But the King [Henry VII of England], […] preferring his affection to his own line and blood, […] resolved to rest upon the title of Lancaster as the main, and to use the other two, that of marriage, and that of battle, but as supporters, the one to appease secret discontents, and the other to beat down open murmur and dispute; […]
• 2

  video-gamesThat which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.

  • My WoW main has reached level cap and I’m on my way getting my first alt there as well.
• 3

  That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.

  • His main got banned after his last post.
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  A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.

  • There's a gas leak in the main outside the building.
  • [T]he Contract with the Pipe-water Pavior was, as he recollects, to keep the Pavement in Repair for ſix Weeks; did oblige the Contractor to repair many Places in that ſix Weeks; there was a Part of the new Main failed in Dame-ſtreet; was obliged to take up three or four Pieces in Length, in conſequence of a Sewer being made there, which undermined the Main, and put it out of its Place; […]
• 5

  The high seas.

  • Who ſhall him rew, that ſwimming in the maine, / Will die for thriſt, and water doth refuſe? / Refuſe ſuch fruitleſſe toile, and preſent pleaſures chuſe.
  • The God, inſulting with ſuperiour Strength, / Fell heavy on him, plung'd him in the Sea, / And, with the Stern, the Rudder tore away, / Headlong he fell, and, ſtrugling in the Main, / Cry'd out for helping hands, but cry'd in vain: […]
• 6

  archaicdialectalThe mainland.

  • In the year that followed of 1589, we gave the Spaniards no breath, but turned challengers, invaded the main of Spain. In which enterprize, although we failed of our end, which was to ſettle Don Antonio in the kingdom of Portugal, yet a man ſhall hardly meet with an action that doth better reveal the great ſecret of the power of Spain: […]
  • No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]
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  obsoleteForce, power, strength, violent effort.

  • For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.

mainnoun詞源 3/meɪn/

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  obsoletegamesgamingA hand or match in a game of dice.

  • That writing is but juſt like dice, / And lucky mains make people wiſe: / That jumbled words, if fortune throw 'em, / Shall, well as Dryden, form a poem; […]
  • 1876, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round That no minute might be wasted, the gay gallants of the time generally had a dice-box and a cast of dice in their pockets. This was convenient in the extreme, as, in the intervals of racing, a main could be thrown […]
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  obsoletegamesgamingThe largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.

  • Euery man hath not beene brought vp in the knowledge of toungs. And it chanceth often to the reader, as it doth to diceplayers, that gaine more by the bye then by the maine.
  • I had such a run of luck last night, with five for the main, and seven to five all night, until those ruffians wanted to pay me with Altamont’s bill upon me. The luck turned from that minute. Never held the box again for three mains, and came away cleared out, leaving that infernal cheque behind me.
• 3

  obsoletegamesgamingA stake played for at dice.

  • [W]ere it good / To ſet the exact wealth of al our ſtates / Al at one caſt? to ſet ſo rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre?
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  obsoletegamesgaminghobbiesA sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.

  • My lord was hunting all day when the ſeaſon admitted; he frequented all the cockfights and fairs in the country, and would ride twenty miles to ſee a main fought, or two clowns break their heads at a cudgelling match; […]
• 5

  A banker's shovel for coins.

mainnoun詞源 4/meɪn/

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  obsoleterareA basket for gathering grapes.

  • A main [hamper] Corbis vindemiatorius

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• Main Street
• mainline
• main course
• mainsail