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Definition of main line in English: main linenoun 1A chief railway line. 铁路干线 as modifier a main-line station 干线车站。 Example sentencesExamples - One year ago, yesterday, 10 people were killed in the Selby crash when a Land Rover ended up on the East Coast mainline.
- Despite the massive destruction to the railway system the main lines were cleared two days after the blast.
- For serious shopping, central London is about half an hour away by Underground or main-line rail service.
- The other key culpable person was the lead engineer who brought them out onto the main line.
- After all, it's only a branch line, not a main line station.
- The Alcan company shipped its bauxite from Port Esquiville, a short distance from Bodies, utilising the existing main-line railway.
- In addition to using the civil main lines, railways were constructed for purely military purposes, with no commercial value.
- My first house was a red brick terrace in Folkestone, backing on to the main line railway.
- Kildare town has the best rail commuter service in the county, being served by regular mainline and Arrow services.
- Notices telling train passengers what to do in an air raid are being put up in all main line railway stations.
- Unlike train engineers, who get six months of training for their regular job, remote operators are not qualified for main-line work.
- This settlement also significantly benefits from a main line railway station.
- Virgin main-line trains made additional stops, too.
- The closures would eliminate all but one at-grade crossing in the city along the railway company's main line.
- The line is Britain's busiest and most congested main-line, says the strategy.
- We had the fastest trains, a brand new underground network, the start of main-line electrification and free-flowing buses and trams.
- At the same time, 24 major projects were successfully achieved and BR became the only profitable main-line railway in Europe.
- On the main line railways the failure to take any steps towards renationalisation has left members utterly disillusioned.
- He said there is no plan to expand the technology to main-line tracks such as the tracks between two cities.
- Some branch lines do not always branch off from the main line at the transfer station itself.
- 1.1North American A chief road or street.
〈北美〉主要道路，大街 Example sentencesExamples - It was a modern bus, one of the many vehicles put on to the main line routes and was fitted with CCTV so there will be a recording.
- At first I was riding the main line through the braking bumps, and the suspension, as always, was still super smooth.
- By State Statute, the Mayor of Salt Lake County has to approve all new main lines within Salt Lake County right-of-ways.
- Each main line busway passenger must pay Rp 2,500 for a one-way trip.
- This applied particularly to the main lines of turnpike road constructed before 1811.
Synonyms main route, trunk route, main road, trunk road, trunk line, high road, highway
2informal A principal vein as a site for a drug injection. 〈非正式〉（注射毒品的）主静脉
verb [with object]informal Inject (a drug) intravenously. 〈非正式〉静脉注射（毒品） Mariella mainlines cocaine five times a day 玛丽埃拉一天静脉注射可卡因5到7次。 no object he started mainlining on heroin 他开始静脉注射海洛因。 Example sentencesExamples - Today, d-Meth is the most popular type in the U.S. and is the most potent, has far less side effects and does not need to be mainlined.
- It begins with the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, mainlining on a 7% solution of cocaine.
- Percodan is similar to codeine but is usually mainlined.
- She had mainlined morphine, but never more than 10 cc.
- Her performance electrifies the story of the model who died of the virus she probably picked up by mainlining heroin.
nounˈmeɪn ˈˌlaɪnˈmān ˈˌlīn 1A chief railroad line. 铁路干线 as modifier a main-line station 干线车站。 Example sentencesExamples - Notices telling train passengers what to do in an air raid are being put up in all main line railway stations.
- The line is Britain's busiest and most congested main-line, says the strategy.
- In addition to using the civil main lines, railways were constructed for purely military purposes, with no commercial value.
- Despite the massive destruction to the railway system the main lines were cleared two days after the blast.
- He said there is no plan to expand the technology to main-line tracks such as the tracks between two cities.
- Some branch lines do not always branch off from the main line at the transfer station itself.
- Kildare town has the best rail commuter service in the county, being served by regular mainline and Arrow services.
- The closures would eliminate all but one at-grade crossing in the city along the railway company's main line.
- Unlike train engineers, who get six months of training for their regular job, remote operators are not qualified for main-line work.
- For serious shopping, central London is about half an hour away by Underground or main-line rail service.
- My first house was a red brick terrace in Folkestone, backing on to the main line railway.
- On the main line railways the failure to take any steps towards renationalisation has left members utterly disillusioned.
- The Alcan company shipped its bauxite from Port Esquiville, a short distance from Bodies, utilising the existing main-line railway.
- At the same time, 24 major projects were successfully achieved and BR became the only profitable main-line railway in Europe.
- The other key culpable person was the lead engineer who brought them out onto the main line.
- This settlement also significantly benefits from a main line railway station.
- We had the fastest trains, a brand new underground network, the start of main-line electrification and free-flowing buses and trams.
- One year ago, yesterday, 10 people were killed in the Selby crash when a Land Rover ended up on the East Coast mainline.
- After all, it's only a branch line, not a main line station.
- Virgin main-line trains made additional stops, too.
- 1.1North American A chief road or street.
〈北美〉主要道路，大街 Example sentencesExamples - Each main line busway passenger must pay Rp 2,500 for a one-way trip.
- By State Statute, the Mayor of Salt Lake County has to approve all new main lines within Salt Lake County right-of-ways.
- It was a modern bus, one of the many vehicles put on to the main line routes and was fitted with CCTV so there will be a recording.
- This applied particularly to the main lines of turnpike road constructed before 1811.
- At first I was riding the main line through the braking bumps, and the suspension, as always, was still super smooth.
Synonyms main route, trunk route, main road, trunk road, trunk line, high road, highway - 1.2informal A principal vein as a site for a drug injection.
〈非正式〉（注射毒品的）主静脉
verbˈmeɪn ˈˌlaɪnˈmān ˈˌlīn [with object]informal Inject (a drug) intravenously. 〈非正式〉静脉注射（毒品） Mariella mainlines cocaine five to seven times a day 玛丽埃拉一天静脉注射可卡因5到7次。 Example sentencesExamples - Her performance electrifies the story of the model who died of the virus she probably picked up by mainlining heroin.
- She had mainlined morphine, but never more than 10 cc.
- Percodan is similar to codeine but is usually mainlined.
- Today, d-Meth is the most popular type in the U.S. and is the most potent, has far less side effects and does not need to be mainlined.
- It begins with the great detective, Sherlock Holmes, mainlining on a 7% solution of cocaine.
proper noun A popular name for a series of affluent suburbs west of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, along the old Pennsylvania Railroad main line.
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