資料來源 : pyDict
全力地,全速地,急速地,突然
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Amain \A*main"\, v. t. [F. amener. See {Amenable}.] (Naut.)
To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
Amain \A*main"\, v. i. (Naut.)
To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
Amain \A*main"\, adv. [Pref. a- + main. See 2d {Main}, n.]
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.'' --Holinshed.
資料來源 : WordNet®
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}]