n. 1.中央,正中;中间,中部;中途。 2.人体的中部,腰部。 3.中间物,媒介物;中人,中间人,调解人;中间派。 4.【逻辑学】中名词,媒辞;【语言学】(希腊语动词的)中间态;【数学】中项(= middle term)。 5.〔常 pl.〕(报纸等的)文学性短文,中间读物;【商业】中级(货)品。 6.【板球】防守中柱(middle stump)的球棍拿法。 7.【足球】从左右翼将球传到锋线中央,中央传球。 8.【美拳】中量级拳击选手。 短语和例子 in the middle of 正在…当中;在…的中途;在…的中央;在…的中部。 knock [send] sb. into the middle of next week 把(某人)打昏过去。 adj. 1.中央的,正中的,中间的。 2.中等的,中级的。 3.〔M-〕(英语等)中古的。
between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"
of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages; "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"; "Middle Gaelic"
equally distant from the extremes 同义词:center, halfway, midway,
being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series; "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"; "in a mediate position"; "the middle point on a line" 同义词:in-between, mediate,
put in the middle
the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" 同义词:midriff, midsection,
an intermediate part or section; "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" 同义词:center, centre, heart, eye,
time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
例句与用法
1.
Put the table right in the middle of the room . 把桌子放在屋子正中。
2.
There is a table in the middle of the room . 房间的中央有一张桌子。
3.
I had little to do with the middle east . 我跟中东问题没什么关系。
4.
The current is swiftest in the middle of the river ... 河当中水流最急。
5.
He broke off in the middle of a sentence . 他一句话只说了一半就停住了。
6.
Subheads should be placed in the middle of the column . 小标题一律居中。
7.
The sheets have worn thin in the middle . 床单的中间部分磨薄了。
8.
The current is strongest in the middle of the river . 河中心的水流最急。
9.
A new middle school has been set up in the village . 村里新办了一所中学。
10.
They'll always be caught in the middle . 他们随时都有遭受左右夹攻的危险。