音标:['midl]
n. 中央, 中间, 腰部
a. 中央的, 中庸的, 中间的
【经】 中等货, 中等物; 中级的
相关词组:
in the middle of
knock sb into the middle of next week
在线英汉词典
middle的短语、例句:
middle
n
1 the middle [sing]
point, position or part which is at an equal distance from two or more points, etc; point between the beginning and the end 中点; 中间; 中央; 中部
the middle of the room 房间的中央
in the middle of the century 在这世纪的中叶
in the very middle of the night 子夜时分
a pain in the middle of his back 他背部中央的疼痛
They were in the middle of dinner (ie were having dinner) when I called. 我给他们打电话时, 他们正在吃饭.
I was right in the middle of reading it (ie was busy reading it) when she phoned. 她打电话来时, 我正念到半截.
2 [C] (infml 口) waist 腰: seize sb round the/his middle 拦腰抱住某人
fifty inches round the middle 腰围五十英寸.
3 (idm 习语) the middle of `nowhere (infml 口) somewhere very remote or isolated 偏远的某地
She lives on a small farm in the middle of nowhere. 她住在一个偏僻的小农场上. pig in the middle => pig. middle, adj [attrib 作定语]
1 (occupying a position) in the middle 在中间的; 居中的
the middle house of the three 三所房子的居中者
He wears a ring on his middle finger. 他中指上戴著指环.
2 (idm 习语) (take/follow) a middle `course (make) a compromise between two extreme courses of action (取)中间路线; (行)中庸之道.
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