DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan

 main
 主常式(同program,main)

 main
 主

 main
      adj 1: most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main
             doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of
             America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were
             primary targets" [syn: chief(a), main(a), primary(a),
              principal(a)]
      2: of a clause; able to stand alone syntactically as a complete
         sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex
         sentence has at least a subject and a verb" [syn: independent,
          main(a)] [ant: dependent]
      3: of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main
         strength" [syn: main(a)]
      n 1: any very large body of (salt) water [syn: briny]
      2: a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas
         or electricity or that collects sewage