The street where house prices are 40% lower than prime central London.
Workers have found more cracks in the huge water main that burst along River Road in Bethesda and will not meet their goal of reopening a mile-long section of the busy commuter artery by Monday morning's rush hour, officials said yesterday.
(By Dan Morse, The Washington Post)
main (PIPE) Show phonetics
noun [C]
a large pipe which carries water or gas, or a wire carrying electricity, from one place to another, to which a house can be connected:
a gas main
The severe cold caused a water main to burst and flood the street.
mains Show phonetics
plural noun UK
1 the system of pipes or wires which carry water or electricity into a house, or the pipes which carry sewage away from a house:
The house isn't on the mains.
They bought a house with no mains supply.
mains electricity
2 the mains the place at which outside pipes or wires carrying water, electricity, etc. connect with the system inside a house or building:
Switch off the electricity at the mains before starting work.
artery (ROAD/RAILWAY)
noun [C]
an important road or railway line:
the main arteries leading into London
arterial
adjective
ɑːˈtɪərɪəl/
adjective
- 1.relating to an artery or arteries.
- 2.denoting an important route in a system of roads, railway lines, or rivers."one of the main arterial routes from York"
- the main artery; 【解】the aorta; 《道路》a trunk road; 《鉄道》a trunk line.
提供元：「EXCEED和英辞典」「大動脈」を使った用例
- アテローム性大動脈硬化
- aortic [aortal] atherosclerosis
- アテローム性大動脈硬化症
- aortic [aortal] atherosclerosis
- アテローム硬化性の大動脈
- atherosclerotic aorta
- ウシ大動脈血管内皮
- bovine aortic [aortal] endothelial〔【略】BAE〕
- トンネル型大動脈下狭窄
- tunnel-type subaortic stenosis [stenoses]〔「狭窄（症）」の単数形＝stenosis、複数形＝stenoses〕
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