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middle
[英] [ˈmidl] [美] [ˈmidl] 生词本

n.

adj.

vt.

vi.

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1. N-COUNT 中部；中央；中间 The middle of something is the part of it that is furthest from its edges, ends, or outside surface.  the middle of nowhere→see: nowhere; 

  • Howard stood in the middle of the room sipping a cup of coffee...

    霍华德站在房间中央，小口抿着一杯咖啡。

  • Hyde accelerated away from the kerb, swerving out into the middle of the street...

    海德加速驶离路边，突然向街道中央一个急转弯。

  • I was in the middle of the back row...

    我在后排的中间。

2. ADJ 当中的;正中的 The middle object in a row of objects is the one that has an equal number of objects on each side. 

  • The middle button of his uniform jacket was strained over his belly.

    制服上装中间的纽扣在他的肚子上绷得紧紧的。

  • ...the middle finger of her left hand.

    她左手的中指

3. N-COUNT 腹部;腰部 Your middle is the part of your body around your stomach. 

  • At age fifty-three, he now has a few extra pounds around his middle...

    53岁的他腰间长了几磅赘肉。

  • The cook's apron covered her middle.

    厨用围裙裹着她的腰部。

4. N-SING (某件事或某段时间的)中期 The middle of an event or period of time is the part that comes after the first part and before the last part. 

  • I woke up in the middle of the night and could hear a tapping on the window...

    我半夜里醒来，听见有敲窗户的声音。

  • It was now the middle of November, cold and often foggy...

    现在是11月中旬，天气寒冷而且经常有雾。

  • By the middle of 1979, Jimmy Carter was in serious political trouble...

    1979年中期，吉米·卡特陷入了严重的政治困境。

  • Middle is also an adjective.

    • The month began and ended quite dry, but the middle fortnight saw nearly 100mm of rain fall nationwide.

      本月月初和月末颇为干燥， 不过中旬的两周全国有将近100毫米的降水。

5. ADJ （年龄）中间的 If someone is in their middle thirties, for example, they are aged somewhere approximately between thirty-four and thirty-six. 

  • She knew he was in his middle fifties, although he looked much younger...

    尽管他看上去年轻得多，她知道他在55岁左右。

  • I went on competing till I was in my middle forties.

    我继续参赛，直到45岁左右。

6. ADJ (兄弟姐妹中)年龄居中的，排行居中的 The middle child in a family has equal numbers of younger and older brothers and sisters. 

  • His middle son died in a drowning accident five years back.

    他排行居中的那个儿子5年前意外溺水身亡。

7. ADJ 折中的;中庸之道的;不走极端的 The middle course or way is a moderate course of action that lies between two opposite and extreme courses. 

  • He favoured a middle course between free enterprise and state intervention...

    他更倾向于在自由经营与国家干预之间走一条中庸之道。

  • The Mayor of Jerusalem has tried to minimise conflict by maintaining a middle way between the various religions.

    耶路撒冷市市长对各宗教采取折中的态度，力图使冲突最小化。

8. PHRASE 平均（分配）;把…一分为二 If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide or split it into two equal halves or groups. 

  • They agreed to split the bill down the middle...

    他们同意均摊费用。

  • If the conservatives are not removed, then the party will almost certainly split down the middle.

    如果不除掉保守势力，那么这个党几乎肯定会分裂成两派。

9. PHRASE 正忙于 If you are in the middle of doing something, you are busy doing it. 

  • It's a bit hectic. I'm in the middle of cooking for nine people...

    我正忙着为9个人做饭呢，有点儿忙不过来。

  • He was always in the middle of a business transaction.

    他总是忙着做生意。

Noun

1. 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"

2. an intermediate part or section;

  • "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"- Aristotle
  • antonym： end

3. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front);

  • "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"

4. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period;

  • "the middle of the war"
  • "rain during the middle of April"
Verb

1. put in the middle

Adjective

1. 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"

2. equally distant from the extremes

3. 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"

4. between an earlier and a later period of time;

  • "in the middle years"
  • "in his middle thirties"

体育

  • 1.航道中程
  • 2.中间划手

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  • 1.【修】中间，中型；【微软】(居)中;= MIcroprogram Design and Description LanguagE,微程序设计与描述语言
1. A barrel swells in the middle.
水桶中部隆起。

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2. A certain ruler in the Middle Ages was famous for poisoning her guests with chemicals put into their drinks.
中世纪时，某女王以往客人饮料里放化学药品来毒死客人而闻名。

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3. A new middle school has been set up in the village.
村里新办了一所中学。

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4. Align the ruler and the middle of the paper.
使尺子与纸张的中部成一条直线。

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5. Captain Gulliver was a middle class, nautical man.
格列佛船长是一个中产阶级的海员。

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6. Do you divide your hair at the side or in the middle?
你的头发是偏分还是中间分？

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7. Everyone's eyes fastened on the little girl in the middle of the stage.
大家的目光都集中在舞台中央的那位小姑娘身上。

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8. Gathered together, the old, the middle-aged and the young studied side by side and encouraged each other.
老、中、青济济一堂， 共同学习，相互激励。

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9. Have you ever been hissed at in the middle of a speech?
你在演讲中有没有被嘘过？

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10. He broke off in the middle of his story.
他故事讲到一半就突然不讲了。

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11. He had a normal middle-class upbringing.
他接受的是正规的中产阶级教育。

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12. He has been to middle school.
他念过中学。

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13. He has three children, the middle child is a boy.
他有三个孩子，老二是个男孩。

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14. He intends to redistribute income from the middle class to poorer paid employees and pensioners.
他意图把中产阶级到低薪雇员和退休人员的收入做重新分配。

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15. He is in the middle of washing up.
他正忙着洗碗碟。

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16. He is thirty inches round the middle.
他腰围三十英寸。

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17. He positioned the lamp in the middle of the table.
他把灯放在桌子中央。

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18. He sneaked away in the middle of the meeting.
他在会议中间悄悄离开了。

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19. He stopped short in the middle of his story.
他讲了一半突然停了下来。

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20. He telephoned me in the middle of the night.
他在半夜时给我打了个电话。

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