middle
基本释义
- adj.中间的，中等的；折中的，中庸之道的；（语言）中古的，介于现代与古代之间的；语法中动态的，中间反身态的；（英语及物动词）无被动态的
- n.中间，中部，中等；腰部；语法中动态，中间反身态
- v.（板球、网球等中）用球棒（或拍）中部击（球）
词语例句
中间的，中等的adj.
六级四级The middle button of his uniform jacket was strained over his belly.
他制服上衣中间的那个扣子在他的肚子上绷得紧紧的。
If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd.
如果一个家庭有很多孩子，年龄在中间的孩子有时会在群体中被忽略。
The middle child is influenced by many variables; however, middles are less likely to take initiative and more anxious and self-critical than others.
中间的孩子受很多因素的影响：然而，中间的孩子不太可能主动，也比其他人更焦虑、更易自我批判。
折中的，中庸之道的adj.
六级The skill is in steering a middle course between the two extremes.
本领就在于避开这两个极端，走中间路线。
Contrast this middle path with America and Europe, which have each gone ideologically overboard in their own ways.
将这条中间道路与美国和欧洲进行对比，这两个国家在意识形态上都以自己的方式走上极端。
（语言）中古的，介于现代与古代之间的adj.
Students are interested in Middle High German.
学生对中古高地德语感兴趣。
中间，中部，中等cn. (常sing.)
高中六级四级Howard stood in the middle of the room sipping a cup of coffee.
霍华德站在房子中间，啜饮着一杯咖啡。
I was in the middle of the Amazon with my wife, who was there as a medical researcher.
我和我的妻子在亚马逊河中部，她是一名医学研究员。
I was terribly embarrassed when some of the audience got up and left in the middle of the performance.
当一些观众在表演中途起身离开时，我会感到非常尴尬。
- His middle name is Justin.他的中间名叫朱斯丁。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Pens are kept in the middle drawer.钢笔在中间那个抽屉里。来自《牛津词典》
- The curtains don't meet in the middle.这窗帘中间合不拢。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- in the middle在中间；在中部
- in the middle of在…中间
- middle schooln. 中学
- middle east中东（一般泛指欧，亚，非三大洲连接的地区）
- middle class中产阶级
- middle part中部地区
- middle finger中指；竖中指；法语中指；手指
- Middle East中东；中东地区；西亚；波斯湾
- Middle Class中产阶级；中产阶层；中级；中产
- middle school初级中学；中学；初中；初中部
- Middle Ages中世纪；中古时代；中古时期；中古世纪
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英英释义
- n.an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- n.an intermediate part or section
- n.the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
- n.time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period
- v.put in the middle
- adj.being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
- n.the part of something that is furthest from the edges
中部；中央；中间- Howard stood in the middle of the room.霍华德站在屋子中央。
- n.the part between the beginning and the end of a period of time
（时间段的）中段，中间- I woke up in the middle of the night and heard a noise outside.我半夜醒来，听见外面有动静。
- adj.having an equal number of objects on each side
正中的；中间的；当中的- The middle button of his uniform jacket was missing.他制服中间的扣子掉了。
短语
- 忙于做某事busy doing somethingI'm in the middle of cooking dinner.我正忙着做晚饭。
词源
- middle中间的来自古英语middel,来自Proto-Germanic*medjaz,来自PIE*medhyos,中间的，词源同medial,mezzo.可能来自PIE*med,测量，词源同measure,modal,*yos,比较级后缀，现-er原型，即精确测量的，引申词义中间的。
- middle中间，当中英语middle和midst来源于史前日耳曼语mithja-。史前日耳曼语mithja-和拉丁语medius(中间的)来源于原始印欧语medhjo-。 词根词缀： mid(i→e, -med- )中间(d双写) + -le名词词尾