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adj.中等的⁶;中间的¹⁶;中期的⁴n.中间⁴vt.放在中间;把…对折²复数middles过去分词middled现在分词middling三单middles
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n.名词
SU中部,中间the central part, point, or position
adj.形容词
A中部的,中间的in or nearly in the centre; at the same distance from two or more points, or from the beginning and end of sth
Noun:
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 an intermediate part or section;A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end the middle area of the human torso usually in front;young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period;the middle of the war rain during the middle of April
Adjective:
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 equally distant from the extremesof 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 between an earlier and a later period of time;in the middle years in his middle thirties
Verb:
put in the middle
n.名词
彼得是中午回来的。❌ Peter came back in the centre of the day. ✔️ Peter came back in the middle of the day. 析 middle和 centre都有“中间”“中央”的含义,但 middle表示的范围较大,是大致中心位置或中心区域, centre 表示正中心。 这个城市是国家的商业中心。❌ The city is the commercial middle of the whole country. ✔️ The city is the commercial centre of the whole country. 析 centre 可以用于引申含义的“中心”, middle则不可以。 在实验过程中,那个科学家突然发现了真知。❌ In the middle of his tests, the scientist burst on the truth. ✔️ At the middle of his tests, the scientist burst on the truth. 当他醒来时他发现自己在大森林里。❌ When he regained consciousness, he found himself at the middle of the forest. ✔️ When he regained consciousness, he found himself in the middle of the forest. 析 in the middle of一般接表示“地点”的名词; 而at the middle of后才接表示“时间”的名词in the middle of the day〔night〕例外。
adj.形容词
淄博是山东省的一个中等城市。❌ Zibo is a middle city in Shandong Province. ✔️ Zibo is a medium-sized city in Shandong Province. 析 middle 是处在两者的“中间的”意思,如middle school, middle of the month〔year〕等。medium 指按某一标准来说,属于不大不小、中等,可指形状、质量、数量、规模、价值等。“中等城市”应译作medium-sized city。 这个城镇的历史可回溯到中世纪。❌ The history of the town dates back to the Middle Age. ✔️ The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages. 析 middle age单数,首字母不大写指“人的中年期”。表示“欧洲历史上的 中世纪”应该用the Middle Ages复数,首字母大写。
n.名词
middle, centre, core, midst这组词都有“中间”“中部”的意思。其区别在于: 1.middle指距离两端或两边相等距离的中央或中间部分,也可指一段时间或行动始末的中间一段; midst指空间、时间、事物、人群等的中间; core指果实的果心; centre指空间的方、圆等位于中心的位置。例如: There is a double writing table in the middle of the room.房子中间放着一张双人写字台。
He was elected from the midst of the prisoners.他是从犯人中选出的。
The core of the apple is hard.苹果核是硬的。
This building is at the centre of the city.这座大楼坐落在市中心。2.core引申为“精髓”“核心”或“重要部分”; centre则引申为重要活动或事物的中心。例如: We didn't get to the core of the subject.我们没触及问题的核心。
The core of our appeal is freedom of speech.我们呼吁的中心是要言论自由。
She loves to be the centre of interest.她喜欢成为引人注意的中心人物。下面两句话的意思不同:He arrived at Yulin at the middle of May.他是五月中到玉林的。
He arrived at Yulin in the middle of May.他是五月中旬到玉林的。
adj.形容词
middle school, senior middle school, junior middle school三者的意思并不相同。其区别在于：middle school的意思是“中学包括初中和高中”,是一种比较笼统的用法; junior middle school的意思是“初中”; senior middle schools的意思是“高中”。例如: When he studied in middle school, he was dismissed for stealing.他在中学读书时,因偷窃而被开除。
About 80 percent of the graduates advanced to senior middle schools.约有80%的毕业生升入了高中。
My brother dropped out at the end of the second year of his junior middle school.我哥哥念完初中二年级就休学了。下面两个句子的意思不同:He is a man of middle height.他是一位个子适中的人。
He is a man of the middle height.他是一位中等身材的人。下面两个短语的意思不同:middle age 中年时期 the Middle Ages 中世纪时期1100-1500年 center，middle，heart，core，midst这些名词均含有“中心”之意。 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。 来自古英语middel,来自Proto-Germanic*medjaz,来自PIE*medhyos,中间的，词源同medial,mezzo.可能来自PIE*med,测量，词源同measure,modal,*yos,比较级后缀，现-er原型，即精确测量的，引申词义中间的。
用作名词 n.
介词+～above the middle of his class属全班中上水平at the middle在…中间from the middle of从…中央in the middle在…中间～+介词middle of next month下月中旬middle of the 19th century十九世纪中叶用作形容词 adj.～+名词middle age中年middle class中产阶级middle house中间那幢房子middle man中间人,经纪人middle school中学the M- Ages中世纪the M- America中美洲the M- East中东the M- English中古英语the M- West美国中西部
用作名词n.in the middle正忙于 be busy in the middleThe wall is projects in the middle.墙壁中部凸出。
One end is blue, one end is red, and the colours merge in the middle.一端为蓝色,一端为红色,这两种颜色在中间混成一色。in the middle of sthHe positioned the lamp in the middle of the table.他把灯放在桌子中央。
Everyone's eyes fastened on the little girl in the middle of the stage.大家的目光集中在舞台中央的那位小姑娘身上。
Mother was embarrassed when the children started laughing in the middle of the service.礼拜做到一半,孩子们开始笑了起来,母亲为此感到不好意思。
I cut him short in the middle of his explanation.他解释了一半我就把他打断了。
I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.我话讲了一半,电话中断了。
We shall catch them in the middle of their supper.我们会碰上他们吃晚饭。
He broke off in the middle of a sentence.他在一个句子的中间停了下来。
He stopped short in the middle of his story.他故事讲到一半突然停了下来。
Who's that pounding at the door in the middle of the night?午夜时分,不知谁在敲门?
The businessman was struck down with a heart attack in the middle of the meeting.这位企业家在开会时因患心脏病而倒下。
How did he sneak off in the middle of the meeting without being noticed?他是怎么在会议中途偷偷溜走而未被人发现的?in the middle of v-ingHe is in the middle of washing up.他正忙着洗碗碟。钱博士midd=mid，中间+le=el=al，形容词后缀→中间的→中部的，中级的，中等的⇒转作名词中间，中央，腰部
词根mid-中间来自日耳曼语。它和希腊词根mes-中间以及拉丁词根medi-中间最终都源自原始印欧语词根*medhyo-中间的。midd=mid，中间+le=el=al，形容词后缀→中间的→中部的，中级的，中等的⇒转作名词中间，中央，腰部。非常记忆mi米+dd弟弟+le乐⇒吃了中间的那碗米饭弟弟在傻乐近义词 midfocusheartinnermedialmediaten. centremeanadj. central反义词 edgen. beginning
用作名词n.It's best to slice into a rich cake from the middle.最好把甜美的蛋糕从中间分开。
The fence along the middle of the road is intended to guard vehicles from crashing into each other.道路中央的防护栏是为防止汽车相撞而设的。
Fire most of your shots at the middle of the ship.集中火力,朝船的中部射击。
The middle of an election is no time to face about.选举中途不能改变主张。
He is thirty five inches round the middle.他腰围35英寸。用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.Every time I went back to my hometown I would pay my respects to the middle school teachers.每次回到故里,我都去拜访我的中学老师。
He got a job as a teacher in one of the senior middle schools.他找到了一份工作,在一所高中当老师。
I cut my middle finger.我割伤了中指。
This pattern shows lines of different colours radiating from a middle point.这图案表现了从中心点放射出的各种不同的色彩。
He has three children, the middle child is a boy.他有三个孩子,老二是个男孩。Pmiddlepiece中段Pmiddlemann.中间人Pmiddle-ageda.中年的Pmiddle-sizeda.中号的Pmiddlemost正中的最当中的Pmiddleweightn.中量级拳击选手Pmiddle-classa.中产阶级的中等收入阶层的典型中产阶级特色的Pmiddlebrowa.只有中等文化素养的自以为渊博实则浅薄的n.只有中等文化素养的人自以为渊博实则浅薄的人
n.名词
middle用作名词时,意思是“中间,当中,中部”,既可用于空间,又可用于时间。既可指物体两端或两边相等距离的中央或中间部分,也可指一段时间或行动始末的中间一段。前面一般加定冠词the,只用单数形式。其后一般接介词of。 middle也可表示身体的“中部,腰部”,跟waist意思相近。 in the middle of v -ing意思是“正忙于做某事”。
adj.形容词
middle用作形容词时,意思是“中部的,中间的,当中的”。 middle通常不用于比较级和最高级形式,如确需比较,可用more, less, nearly修饰,是定语形容词,在句中只用作定语。 middle可表示孩子的排行。
名词49%,形容词29%,动词22%
用作形容词There are 300 students or so in thismiddleschool.这所中学大约有300个学生。
He was not much above themiddleheight.他不过中等身材。
He made a bid formiddleclass support.他努力试图得到中产阶级的支持。
The man has reachedmiddleage.这人已到了中年。
What is your father'smiddlename?你爸爸中间的名字什么?
Which book do you want? I'll have themiddleone.你要哪本书?我要中间的那一本。
Events of themiddle1970s have demonstrated how well founded this concern can be.本世纪70年代中期发生的一系列事件，充分表明了它的影响所及。用作名词The sheets have worn thin in themiddle.床单的中间部分磨薄了。
He planted roses in themiddleof the garden.他在花园中间种上玫瑰。用作及物动词Uruguay and Haiti hung uncertainly in themiddle.乌拉圭和海地则在中间摇摆。adj.central
同义词 intermediateaverage,center,inside,intervening,mainstream,mean,median,medium,mezzobetween,betwixt and between,centermost,equidistant,halfway,inner,medial,middle-of-the-road,middlemost,midmost,smack in the middle,straddling the fence
反义词 exterior,extreme,outsideborder,outernoun.center
同义词 heart,midstcore,deep,focus,inside,marrow,mean,media,midpoint,midriff,midsection,thick,waisthalfway,halfway point
反义词 exterior,exteriority,outsideborder,margin
abdomennoun the stomach and area directly below in an animate being
bay window,belly,bowels,breadbasket,corporation,gut,guts,intestines,midriff,midsection,paunch,pot,potbelly,spare tire,tummy,venter,viscera
averageadjective numerical mean
intermediate,median,medium,middle
averagenoun normal, typical amount
mean,median,medium,middle,midpoint,norm,par,rule,standard,usual
centraladjective main, principal;in the middle
axial,basic,cardinal,center,centric,centroidal,chief,dominant,equidistant,essential,focal,foremost,fundamental,important,inmost,inner,interior,intermediate,key,leading,master,mean,median,mid,middle,middlemost,midmost,midway,nuclear,omphalic,outstanding,overriding,paramount,pivotal,predominant,primary,prime,radical,ruling,salient,significant,umbilical
corenoun center, gist
amount,base,basis,body,bottom line,bulk,burden,consequence,corpus,crux,essence,focus,foundation,heart,import,importance,kernel,main idea,mass,meat,meat and potatoes,middle,midpoint,midst,nitty gritty,nub,nucleus,origin,pith,pivot,purport,quick,root,significance,staple,substance,thrust,upshot
deepnoun the sea
Davy Jones's locker,Poseidon's realm,blue,brine,briny,drink,main,middle,ocean,the high seas Are they all middle class?
他们都是中产阶级吗？163
Do you divide your hair at the side or in the middle?
你的头发是偏分还是中间分?《新英汉大辞典》 |