请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 mainliner
释义

mainliner

noun

main·​lin·​er ˈmān-ˌlī-nər How to pronounce mainliner (audio)
plural mainliners
1
: a member of a mainline group (such as a church)
Of the remaining mainliners, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has suffered most. It has lost 40 percent of its members and now claims only 1,146,000 faithful. Kenneth L. Woodward, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 1986
2
informal : a person who injects a drug into a vein : a person who mainlines a drug
She holds nothing back about the awful things done to her, or about her attraction to the social danger zones inhabited by strippers, heroin mainliners, rhino poachers, and guerrillas. Gilbert Taylor, Booklist, 1 Dec. 2000

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined at sense 2

随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/24 1:31:56