- 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
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1. a lake with an island in the middle
中央有一个小岛的湖
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2. He was standing in the middle of the room.
他站在屋子的中间。
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3. The phone rang in the middle of the night.
半夜里响起了电话铃声。
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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。
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5. He grabbed her around the middle.
他拦腰抱住她。
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6. Pens are kept in the middle drawer.
钢笔在中间那个抽屉里。
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7. She's the middle child of three.
三个孩子，她是老二。
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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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