mainline
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++main·line1 /ˈmeɪnlaɪn/ adjective [only before noun] accepted by or involving most people in a society 传统的；主流的 SYN mainstream mainline politics 主流政治
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mainline• Following the first three axioms helps to mobilize these and bring them to the aid of the mainline medical program.• The extreme mechanistic approach that mainline medicine developed worked well for the great communicable killer diseases.• Unfortunately mainline medicine has been very slow in applying the lesson in other areas.• In the physical realm, the nutrition and the mainline medicine were part of it, but more was needed.• a mainline news network• mainline Protestant churchesmainline2 verb [intransitive, transitive] informal MDDto inject an illegal drug directly into your blood 注射（毒品） He was mainlining heroin. 他正在注射海洛因。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
mainline• I miss her intellect, her passion, her courage and her penchant for mainlining our nerves.main·line1 adjectivemainline2 verbChineseSyllable
by people involving Corpus society or accepted a in most
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mainline
main‧line1 /ˈmeɪnlaɪn/ 
adjective [only before noun]
accepted by or involving most people in a society
SYN mainstream:
mainline politics
mainline2 verb [intransitive and transitive] informal
to inject an illegal drug directly into your blood:
He was mainlining heroin.
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adjective [only before noun]accepted by or involving most people in a society
SYN mainstream:
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verb [intransitive and transitive] informalto inject an illegal drug directly into your blood:
especially