amain /əˈmen/
(ad.)全力地,全速地,急速地,突然
A·main adv.
1. With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
They on the hill, which were not yet come to blows, perceiving the fewness of their enemies, came down amain. --Milton.
That striping giant, ill-bred and scoffing, shouts amain. --T. Parker.
2. At full speed; in great haste; also, at once. “They fled amain.”
A·main, v. t. Naut. To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
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a·main, v. i. Naut. To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
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amain
adv 1: at full speed; with great haste; "the children ran down the
hill amain"
2: with all your strength; "he pulled the ropes amain" [syn: with
full force]