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- a chief railway line铁路干线:
as modifier a main-line station.干线车站。
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- a principal route, course, or connection主线, 主要路线; 主要中转站:
the main line of evolution.
进化的主线。
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- N. Amer. a chief road or street〈北美〉主要道路, 大街。
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- informal a principal vein as a site for a drug injection〈非正式〉(注射毒品的)主静脉。
(mainline/ˈmeɪnˈlaɪn/)with obj.
- 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
no obj. he started mainlining on heroin.他开始静脉注射海洛因。
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