English Dictionary

main

IPA（発音記号）

/meɪn/

動詞

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(transitive, slang) Short for mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”). / (transitive, gaming) To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.

日本語の意味

（薬物の用法において）薬を静脈に直接注射すること / （ゲーム内において）特定のキャラクターやサイド、装備を主体にプレイすること

He tried to main when the cravings hit, but his sister caught him and called for help.

渇望に襲われたとき、彼は薬を静脈に直接注射しようとしたが、妹が見つけて助けを呼んだ。

意味（1）

(transitive, slang) Short for mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”).

意味（2）

(transitive, gaming) To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.

He mains the same character as me in that game.

意味（3）

(obsolete) To 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.

mains （ present singular third-person ）

maining （ participle present ）

mained （ participle past ）

mained （ past ）