main

Значение

Adj

1. Of chief or leading importance; prime, principal.
2. Chief, most important, or principal in extent, size, or strength; consisting of the largest part.
3. Full, sheer, undivided.
4. Big; angry.
5. Belonging to or connected with the principal mast in a vessel.
6. (obsolete) Great in size or degree; important, powerful, strong, vast.

Adv

Exceedingly, extremely, greatly, mightily, very, very much.

Verb

1. (slang) Short for mainline (“to inject (a drug) directly into a vein”).
2. To mainly play a specific character or side, or with specific equipment, during a game.
3. (obsolete) To convert (a road) into a main or primary road.

Noun

1. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
2. That which is chief or principal; the chief or main portion; the bulk, the greater part, gross.
3. A large cable or pipe providing utility service to an area or a building, such as a water main or electric main.
4. (informal) Short for main course (“the principal dish of a meal”).
5. The high seas.
6. The mainland.
7. Short for mainsail.
8. (obsolete) Force, power, strength, violent effort.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A hand or match in a game of dice.
2. (obsolete) The largest throw in a match at dice; in the game of hazard, a number from one to nine called out by a person before the dice are thrown.
3. (obsolete) A stake played for at dice.
4. (obsolete) A sporting contest or match, especially a cockfighting match.
5. A banker's shovel for coins.

Noun

A basket for gathering grapes.

Произносится как (IPA)

/meɪn/

Этимология

From Middle English mayn, main, maine, mæin, meyn, from main (noun) (see further at etymology 2); compare Old English mægen- (“strong, main, principal”) (used in combination) and Old Norse megn, megenn (“strong, main”).
The word is cognate with Old High German megīn (“strong, mighty”) (modern German Möge, Vermögen (“power, wealth”)), and also akin to Old English magan (“to be able to”). See also may.

Предложения

Her main areas of research are .

Ее основные области исследований.

Why else would he tell his main rival to prepare for a run ?

Зачем еще он сказал своему главному сопернику, чтобы подготовиться к пробежке?

These two main fairs are the Bank Holidays of rural life .

Эти две основные ярмарки - это праздничные праздники сельской жизни.

It features most of the main cast collectively playing musical instruments as a band .

В нем участвуют большинство главных актеров, играющих музыкальные инструменты в качестве группы.

The main religious annual celebrations are in September , after Michael Archangel .

Основные религиозные ежегодные празднования - в сентябре после Майкла Архангела.

This is the main reason why pesto recipes often differ from each other .

Это главная причина, по которой рецепты песто часто отличаются друг от друга.

Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the main verb's agent .

Активный голос используется в пункте, субъект которого выражает агент основного глагола.

The main point of interest is the Romanesque abbey church of " San Michele Arcangelo".

Главным интересом является романская церковь аббатства «Сан -Мишель Аржанджело».