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Middle

英[ˈmɪdl] 美[ˈmɪdl]

n. 中央，中部，中等，腹部；
adj. 当中的，中间的，中等的，年龄居中的，折中的；

复数：middles;

同义词

n.
middle的同义词之：中心;内心;核心
core heart hub nucleus center
middle的同义词之：其他释义
inner halfway centre interior hub medial core medium heart nucleus average navel center depth

同义词解析

以下这些名词均含有"中心" 的意思
center：指三维空间的中心点，也可比喻抽象事物的中心。
middle：一般指时间、空间或过程两端间等距的部分。
heart：指事物最内部或最重要的部分，表地理位置时可与center换用。
core：指某事物固定的中心部分或最重要的核心部分。比喻意义指某物的精华。
midst：书面语用词，指在一个群体的深处或在某活动的进程中。

词组

down the middle
divided or dividing something equally into two parts 从中间平分的
in the middle of
engaged in or in the process of doing something 正忙于；在做…的中途
the middle of nowhere
(informal)a place that is very remote and isolated (非正式)茫茫蛮荒之地
steer (或 take) a middle course
adopt a policy which avoids extremes 取中庸之道，不走极端

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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.
例句
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。
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.
例句
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
N-COUNT

腹部;腰部

Your middle is the part of your body around your stomach.
例句
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。
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.
例句
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。
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.
例句
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。
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.
例句
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。
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.
例句
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。
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.
例句
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。
PHRASE

正忙于

If you are in the middle of doing something, you are busy doing it.
例句
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。

英汉词典释义

n.
中部, 中间
It's best to slice into a rich cake from the middle. 最好把甜美的蛋糕从中间切开。
腰部
adj.
中部的; 中间的
I noticed two middle-aged passengers. 我注意到两个中年乘客。 He has three children, the middle child is a boy. 他有三个孩子, 老二是个男孩。

英英词典释义

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
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"

行业词典

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