English Dictionary

mainline

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmeɪnˌlaɪn/

名詞

俗語

(aviation) An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries. / (rail transport) The principal route or line of a railway.

日本語の意味

航空会社における、コードシェアや地域子会社に対して本格的に運航を行う部門。 / 鉄道の主要な路線、本線を指す。

After several years with a regional carrier, she finally secured a mainline position flying international routes.

地域の子会社で数年間働いた後、彼女はついに国際線を運航する航空会社の本体部門で職を得た。

意味（1）

(aviation) An airline's main operating unit, as opposed to codeshares or regional subsidiaries.

意味（2）

(rail transport) The principal route or line of a railway.

Coordinate term: trunk line

意味（3）

(fishing) In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.

意味（4）

(plumbing) The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.

Many plumbers will tell you they don't go off property since that is the local water company's responsibility. Most local water companies would prefer that, if a line is snaked, it is snaked all the way to the mainline connection.

意味（5）

(slang) A principal vein into which a drug can be injected.

I'm searching for my mainline / I said I couldn't hit it sideways

意味（6）

(computing) The main repository for a software project, from which different versions (forks) may be split off.

mainlines （ plural ）