middle 英 [ˈmɪdl]   美 [ˈmidl]

middle

middle  英 [ˈmɪdl] 美 [ˈmidl]

adj. 中间的,中部的;中等的  n. 中间 

进行时:middling  过去式:middled  过去分词:middled  第三人称单数:middles  名词复数:middles 

a lake with an island in the middle 中央有一个小岛的湖
He was standing in the middle of the room. 他站在屋子的中间。

  • The middle of something is its center, or the point where the two ends are the same distance away. If you're in the middle of a 26.2 mile marathon, you've reached the halfway mark, and you've run 13.1 miles.
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  • adj. 中间的,中部的;中等的
  • n. 中间
  • 1. a lake with an island in the middle

    中央有一个小岛的湖

  • 2. He was standing in the middle of the room.

    他站在屋子的中间。

  • 3. The phone rang in the middle of the night.

    半夜里响起了电话铃声。

  • 4. I should have finished by the middle ofthe week.

    我在这周过半的时候应该就能完成。

  • 5. He grabbed her around the middle.

    他拦腰抱住她。

  • 6. Pens are kept in the middle drawer.

    钢笔在中间那个抽屉里。

  • 7. She's the middle child of three.

    三个孩子,她是老二。

  • 8. a middle-sized room

    中等大小的房间

  • middle (adj.) Old English middel, from West Germanic *middila (source also of Old Frisian middel, Old Saxon middil, Middle Low German, Dutch middel, Old High German mittil, German mittel), from Proto-Germanic *medjaz, from PIE root *medhyo- "middle." Middle name attested from 1815; as "one's outstanding characteristic," colloquial, from 1911, American English.
  • middle (n.) Old English middel, from middle (adj.).
mid·dle / ˈmɪdl ; NAmE ˈmɪdl / noun , adjective middle middles middled middling noun 1 the middle [singular ] the part of sth that is at an equal distance from all its edges or sides; a point or a period of time between the beginning and the end of sth 中间;中部;中央;中心 a lake with an island in the middle 中央有一个小岛的湖 He was standing in the middle of the room. 他站在屋子的中间。 The phone rang in the middle of the night. 半夜里响起了电话铃声。 This chicken isn't cooked in the middle. 这只鸡还没有熟透。 His picture was right/bang (= exactly) in the middleof the front page. 他的照片就登在头版的正中央。 Take a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle. 拿出一张纸,在中间画一条线。 I should have finished by the middle ofthe week. 我在这周过半的时候应该就能完成。 see also monkey in the middle , piggy in the middle 2 [countable ,  usually singular ] ( informal) a person's waist 腰部 He grabbed her around the middle. 他拦腰抱住她。 IDIOMS be in the middle of sth/of doing sth to be busy doing sth 忙于做 They were in the middle of dinner when I called. 我打电话的时候,他们正在吃饭。 I'm in the middle of writing a difficult letter. 我正在写一封很难写的信。 the middle of ˈnowhere ( informal) a place that is a long way from other buildings, towns, etc. 偏远的地方 She lives on a small farm in the middle of nowhere. 她住在一个偏远的小农场。 ˌsplit/diˌvide sth down the ˈmiddle to divide sth into two equal parts 平分;分为相等的两半 The country was split down the middle over the strike (= half supported it, half did not). 国内支持和反对罢工的人势均力敌。 adjective [only before noun ] in a position in the middle of an object, group of objects, people, etc; between the beginning and the end of sth 中间的;中央的;居中的;正中的 Pens are kept in the middle drawer. 钢笔在中间那个抽屉里。 She's the middle child of three. 三个孩子,她是老二。 He was very successful in his middle forties. 他在四十五六岁时很成功。 a middle-sized room 中等大小的房间 the middle-income groups in society 社会中等收入阶层 IDIOM (steer, take, etc.) a middle ˈcourse | (find, etc.) a/the middle ˈway (to take/find) an acceptable course of action that avoids two extreme positions (走)中间道路;(取)中庸之道;(采取)折衷办法 mid·dle / ˈmɪdl ; NAmE ˈmɪdl /
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