Main

(noun.) a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage.

(noun.) any very large body of (salt) water.

(adj.) of force; of the greatest possible intensity; 'by main strength' .

埃斯特拉编辑

• In the main, however, this work is an attempt to find a basis for ethics in natural p henomena. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Upon the main caravan routes the chief towns rose to a certain second-rate prosperity, and foremost among them were Medina and Mecca. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This stand by the enemy was made more than two miles outside of his main fortifications. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The main body of the building is of the time of that highly-overrated woman, Queen Elizabeth. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Beams crossed the opening down into the main floor where the hay-carts drove in when the hay was hauled in to be pitched up. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I guess it was satisfactory; we got the money, which was the main point to us. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• While at Cairo I had watched with very great interest the operations of the Army of the Potomac, looking upon that as the main field of the war. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In that case one of the main points in favor of the accused disappears. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He knew that his purpose was in the main a good one, and he placed implicit reliance on the high-minded Job. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The latter, in each case, has in its circuit a resistance, R, to compensate for the resistance of the main line, so that there shall be no inequalities in the circuits. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The problem now was to get to the main ridge. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Some sailors being aloft in the main-topsail rigging, the captain had ordered them to race down, threatening the hindmost with the cat-of-nine-tails. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Donnez-moi la main, said he, and the spite and jealousy melted out of his face, and a generous kindliness shone there instead. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Let us run through the main points of your statement and see what they are worth. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I am happy, which is, to my mind, the main aim of life. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The gas, when purified, is conveyed to the gas-holder, whence it is forced by pressure into the mains and pipes. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Au banquet de la vie à peine commencé, Un instant seulement mes lèvres ont pressé La coupe en mes mains encore pleine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It was found, however, that the perpendicular pressure of a few inches of water was quite sufficient to force the gas through the mains and small pipes of an extensive range of streets. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Boilers, engines, dynamos, motors, distribution mains, meters, house-wiring, safety-devices, lamps, and lamp-fixtures--all were vital parts of the whole system. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In the meantime workmen had been busy digging ditches and laying mains through the district that Edison intended to light. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In practice, large mains lead from the reservoir to the city, smaller mains convey the water to the various sections of the city, and service pipes lead to the individual house taps. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The systematic laying out of street mains in the first company district was begun in the summer of 1881. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• September 4, 1882, he turned the current on to the mains for the needed light service, and it stayed on with only one short stoppage for eight years. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• There had been a short-circuit on the copper mains in the station. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The distribution mains were to be of sufficiently large size that between their most extreme points the loss would not be more than 3 volts. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This arises from the fact that by the doubling of potential the two outside mains are reduced to one-quarter the cross-section otherwise necessary. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• With the gas holder, the distributing mains of the city are made to connect to receive their supply. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Thousands of gallons of water were brought in tanks from neighboring cities, and were emptied into the empty reservoir from whence it trickled slowly through the city mains. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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