Mainline - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

A chief railway line.

Примеры использования:

The crash blocked traffic on the main line

noun

A principal vein as a site for a drug injection.

verb

Inject (a drug) intravenously.

Примеры использования:

Mariella mainlines cocaine five times a day

adjective

Involving beliefs, methods, etc. that are most common

Примеры использования:

Mainline churches, the rivalry between catalogue companies and mainline shops, three mainline railw…

adjective

Relating to an important railway route between large towns or cities

Примеры использования:

Three mainline railway stations were closed because of bomb threats.

verb

To inject (= put into the body through a needle) drugs directly into the blood

Примеры использования:

Several of her friends were mainlining heroin., by now she was mainlining.

verb

To eat, drink, buy, etc. large quantities of something as though you cannot get enough of it

Примеры использования:

Mainlining mulled wine and eating vast quantities of cheese, bread and chocolate is all part of the…