صيغ مركبة:
main | mainsail |
| coup de main | Gallicism (surprise attack) | هجوم مفاجئ، هجوم مباغت |
drag,
main drag n | informal (street) | شارع |
| | Youths race their cars up and down the drag. |
| in the main adv | (mostly, largely) | بالإجمال |
| | I like dogs in the main, but my sister's dog's a nasty vicious specimen. |
| main accent n | (emphasis) | تشديد |
| | The main accent of the Prime Minister's speech was on the economy. |
| main article n | (in a newspaper, etc.) | المقالة الأهم، الموضوع الأبرز في الجريدة |
| | The main article in today's newspaper is about the election. |
| main attraction n | (centre or focus of attention) | مَعلَم سياحي رئيسي |
| | | محور الاهتمام |
| | The main attraction of the town is its medieval castle. |
| main body | (nautical) | بدن السفينة |
| main character n | (protagonist) | شخصية رئيسية |
| | Willy Loman is the main character of the play Death of a Salesman. |
| main clause n | (grammatically independent phrase) (في جملة) | العبارة الرئيسية |
| | The verb in the main clause of the sentence is in the past simple. |
| main course n | (main dish of a meal) | طبق رئيسيّ |
| | For a main course, I like to choose something I wouldn't usually cook at home. |
| | After the appetizers, we will serve the main course and then dessert. |
| main deck n | (nautical) (للسفينة) | السطح الرئيسي |
| main dish n | (principal course of a meal) | الطبق الأساسي |
| | The set menu had a salad starter, a main dish of lamb casserole, and ice cream or cheese for dessert. |
| main entrance n | (front door) | المدخل الرئيسيّ |
| | Sue was waiting for me near the main entrance of the restaurant. |
| main feature n | (newspaper: most prominent article) (أبرز مقالة في صحيفة) | الموضوع الرئيسيّ |
| | The main feature in today's Times is an article on rising crime. |
| main feature n | (cinema programme: main movie) | فيلم طويل رئيسي |
| | When I was young, cinemas used to play short films before the main feature. |
| | كانت صالات السينما في صغري تعرض أفلامًا قصيرة قبل الفيلم الطويل الرئيسي. |
| main feature n | often plural (distinguishing mark, characteristic) | السمة المميزة، الميزة الرئيسية |
| | The main feature of this website is to provide knowledge about words. |
| main floor n | (first floor of building) | الطابق الأرضيّ |
| main floor n | (floor of building used most often) (الأكثر استخدامًا في المبنى) | الطابق الرئيسيّ |
| main focus n | (centre of attention) | محور، تركيز |
| | The main focus of the lecture will be on alternative sources of energy. |
| main gauche | (weaponry) | خنجر اليد اليسرى |
| main idea n | (principal premise or concept) | الفكرة الرئيسية |
| | The lecture as a whole was a little confusing, but I understood the main idea. |
| | The main idea of a paragraph can often be summarized with one sentence. |
| main issue n | (central problem) | مشكلة أساسية |
| | The main issue with the new airport is that it will cause a lot of noise pollution. |
| main meal n | (most important meal of day) (أهم وجبة في اليوم) | الوجبة الأساسية |
| | In Italy, dinner is the main meal. |
| main office n | (headquarters) | المكتب الرئيسي، المركز الرئيسي |
| | The main office is in London, but there are branches in Bristol and Leeds. |
| main point n | (most significant idea) | النقطة الرئيسية، الفكرة الرئيسية |
| | The chairman presented the main points of the report to the meeting. |
| main reason n | (most important reason, cause) | السبب الرئيسي |
| main road n | (principal street) | الطريق الرئيسية |
| | Learner drivers usually practise on side streets before going on to the main roads. |
| main shaft | (mechanics) (في الميكانيكا) | عمود الإدارة الرئيسي |
| main street n | mainly US (principal road) | الشارع الرئيسي |
| | The town's main street has been pedestrianized. |
| main strength n | (strongest point, area of advantage) | النقطة الأقوى |
| | His main strength is his ability to speak both Latin and English. |
| main subject n | (academic studies: major) | التخصص الرئيسي |
| | She's doing Spanish at University but her main subject is Psychology. |
| main subject n | (primary topic under consideration) | الموضوع الرئيسي |
| | The main subject of our meeting is the proposed change in office location. |
| main thing n | informal (most important consideration) | المهم، أهم ما |
| | The main thing about horse races and card games is knowing how to calculate the odds. |
| | We had a car accident, but the main thing is we're all ok. |
| | أهم ما في سباقات الخيل وألعاب ورق الشدة هو إتقان حساب الاحتمالات. |
| main verb | (linguistics) (في علم اللغة) | الفعل الرئيسي |
| water main n | (pipe supplying water) | خط/أنبوب المياه الرئيسي |
| | When the water main burst, the street quickly flooded. |