| 单词 | middle |
| 释义 | nounadjective🔑 mid·dleBrE /ˈmɪdl/ NAmE /ˈmɪdl/ noun 🔑 the middle [sing. ]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 middle of 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 of the 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[C , usually sing. ](informal ) a person's waist 腰部◆ He grabbed her around the middle . 他拦腰抱住她。 ● 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。🔑 mid·dleBrE /ˈmɪdl/ NAmE /ˈmɪdl/ 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 ● (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）折中办法 |
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