mains是什么意思？

mains

英[meɪnz] 美[meɪnz]

• n. <英>总输电线，总管道( main的名词复数 )，干线，输电干线，（建筑物的）污水总管道；

例句

• Water is supplied from the mains. 水是从总管道来的。
• They plug into the mains... 它们接到了干线上。
• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了.
• They plug into the mains. 它们接到了干线上。
• The battery charger plugs into any mains socket. 这个电池充电器可以插入任何类型的电源插座.
• First, disconnect the boiler from the water mains. 先将锅炉与供水总管断开。
• He is using your mains electricity to recharge his car battery. 他在用你家里的电源给他的车载蓄电池充电。
• The Auto Compact Disc Cleaner can run off batteries or mains. 这种光盘自动清洗机可用电池或电源两种方式驱动。
• Make sure plugs are disconnected from the mains... 确保插头与电源断开。
• ...amplifiers which plug into the mains... 接通电源的扩音器

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  主要的;最重要的
  The main thing is the most important one of several similar things in a particular situation.
  例句
  ...one of the main tourist areas of Amsterdam... 阿姆斯特丹的主要旅游区之一 My main concern now is to protect the children... 我现在最关心的就是要保护好孩子们。
• PHRASE
  大体上;基本上
  If you say that something is true in the main, you mean that it is generally true, although there may be exceptions.
  例句
  Tourists are, in the main, sympathetic people... 大体说来，游客们都富有同情心。 In the main, children are taboo in the workplace. 工作场所基本上禁止儿童进入。
• N-COUNT
  (室内煤气、自来水或污水的)总管道，主管道
  The mains are the pipes which supply gas or water to buildings, or which take sewage away from them.
  例句
  ...the water supply from the mains... 总管道的自来水供应 The capital has been without mains water since Wednesday night. 从周三晚上开始，首都就停水了。
• N-PLURAL
  电力线;电源
  The mains are the wires which supply electricity to buildings, or the place where the wires end inside the building.
  例句
  ...amplifiers which plug into the mains... 接通电源的扩音器 Make sure plugs are disconnected from the mains... 确保插头与电源断开。