middle

['midl]

adj.中等的, 中间的, 中期的
n.中间
vt.放在中间, 把 ... 对折
n.腰, [逻]中项

a.[B]

1. 中部的, 中间的

They sat in the middle row.

他们坐在中间一排。

2. 中等的, 中级的

He was a man of middle height.

他是中等个子。

3. (大写)中古的

n.[C]

1. 中部, 中途; 中央[the S]

I was in the middle of my work when he called.

他打电话来的时候, 我正在忙。

It is already the middle of summer.

现在已是仲夏了。

2. 【口】(人体的)腰部

vt.

把……放在中间; 把……对折

vi.

放在中间; 对折

词形变化

动词过去式: middled | 动词过去分词: middled | 动词现在分词: middling | 动词第三人称单数: middles |

词义辨析

同义:

n.中心; 内心; 核心

center  heart  core  nucleus  hub  

同义参见:

halfway  navel  medium  centre  medial  average  mean  intermediate  interior  inner  depth  

英英释义

名词 middle:

an area that is approximately central within some larger region

同义词：center, centre, heart, eye

an intermediate part or section- Aristotle

the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)

同义词：midriff, midsection

time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period

动词 middle:

put in the middle

形容词 middle:

being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series

同义词：in-between, mediate

equally distant from the extremes

同义词：center, halfway, midway

of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages

between an earlier and a later period of time

短语词组

in the middle of

1. 在……当中

She came in the middle of the day.

她在中午的时候来了。

knock sb. into the middle of next week

1. 把某人打得不省人事

His father often knocked him into the middle of next week.

他父亲以前常常揍他揍得很惨。

补充

middlemiddle英:[ˈmidl] 美:[ˈmɪdl]n.1.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。adj.1.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。

例句

1. a 1948 Tucker with its distinctive middle headlight有独特中央车头灯的1948年产塔克轿车 2. All the glaciers in the middle Himalayas are retreating.喜马拉雅山脉中部的所有冰川都在缩小。 3. The middle drawer contained stockings.中间的抽屉里装着长筒袜。 4. There is a middle path, but before we examine its pros and cons an analysis is called for.有一条中间道路可走, 但我们先要研究一下其中的利弊。 5. a tax package aimed at middle income earners针对中等收入者的一揽子税收政策 6. the middle decades of the twentieth century20世纪中期的几十年 7. Some artists undergo a change in middle life.有些艺术家会在中年经历一场转变。 8. She was the middle child of three.她在3个孩子中排行老二。 9. the middle month of each quarter每个季度的中间月份 10. He was of middle height, rather portly.他中等身高, 相当肥胖。 11. The middle isn't cooked.中间还没有熟。 12. He turned in the water, guiding her away from the middle where the surging currents flowed.他在水中转过身来, 引导着她离开水流汹涌的河中央。 13. a wad of £20 notes with a band round the middle中间捆着橡皮筋的一叠20英镑钞票 14. The middle of the pipe was completely bent out of shape.管子的中部弯曲得完全变形了。 15. districts nearest the middle of the city最靠近市中心的地区 16. Make sure the roast potatoes aren't raw in the middle.要确保烤土豆不会中间夹生。 17. a luminous green circle with a cross in the middle中间有十字的绿色发光圆圈 18. Howard stood in the middle of the room.霍华德站在房间中央。 19. in the middle of the road在路中间 20. I enjoyed the film but the middle was a bit boring.我喜欢这部电影, 不过中间部分有点乏味。 21. By the middle of the financial year, the company was in serious trouble.到了财年中期, 公司陷入了严重困境。 22. It was now the middle of November.那时正是11月中旬。 23. She was born in the middle of a rain storm.她是在一场暴雨中诞生的。 24. a bear disturbed in the middle of its hibernation在冬眠中受到打扰的熊 25. I woke up in the middle of the night.我在半夜醒来。 26. The cook's apron covered her middle.厨用围裙裹着她的腰部。 27. He dug both his fists into the soldier's middle.他双拳猛击那个士兵的肚子。 28. If there were serious problems between Rosie and Mike, the last thing she wanted was to be caught in the middle.如果罗茜和迈克之间出现严重问题, 她最不希望的就是被夹在中间。 29. He was always in the middle of a business transaction.他总是忙于做生意。 30. I can't talk. I'm in the middle of a meeting.我不方便说话, 我正在开会。 31. It's a bit hectic. I'm in the middle of cooking for nine people.我正赶着做一顿9个人的饭, 有点忙不过来。 32. We're in the middle of renovating the house.我们正忙于翻修房子。 33. The train stopped in the middle of nowhere.列车在荒无人烟的地方停了下来。 34. If the conservatives are not removed, then the party will almost certainly split down the middle.如果不除掉那些保守分子, 那么这个党几乎肯定会分裂成两派。 35. They agreed to split the bill down the middle.他们同意均摊费用。 36. the early and middle part of life.生命的早期和中期。 37. middle and eastern Europe.中欧和东欧。 38. the woman was in her middle forties.那妇女四十五六岁。 39. there is a dearth of talent at middle level.缺乏中级人才。 40. middle High German.中古高地德语。 41. she stood alone in the middle of the street.她独自一人站在街中央。 42. we were married in the middle of December.我们是在12月中旬结婚的。 43. he had a towel round his middle.他在腰间裹了一条浴巾。 44. he was caught in the middle of the emotional triangle.他陷于三角情感中。 45. I want to lose weight around my middle.我想要让腰部苗条些。 46. Can you call back in five minutes -- I'm in the middle of feeding the baby.五分钟后再打电话过来好吗─我在忙着喂孩子呢。 47. I wear my ring on my middle finger.我把戒指戴在中指上。 48. He walked down the middle [=center] aisle.他沿着中间通道走来。 49. during the century's middle decades在这个世纪中叶的几十年间 50. High temperatures today should be in the middle 80s.今天最高温度应该是85度左右。 51. He grew up as the middle child in a family with three children. [=he was the child born before the youngest and after the oldest]他在家里三个孩子中排行老二。 52. Franklin D. Roosevelt's middle initial stood for “Delano.”富兰克林·D.罗斯福的中间名首字母代表Delano。 53. He parts his hair in the middle. [=center]他把他的头发梳成中分。 54. "A good essay will have a clear beginning, middle, and end."一篇好文章要有一个清楚的开头、中间部分和结尾。 55. He stood exactly in the middle of the room.他刚好站在房间的正中央。 56. She opened the book to the middle and began to read.她把书翻到中间部分并开始阅读。 57. The car stopped in the middle of the road.这辆车停在了路中央。 58. The house should be finished by the middle of next summer.房子应该在明年仲夏时完工。 59. "The beginning and ending of the movie were good, but the middle was pretty boring."这部电影的开头和结尾都很好，但中间部分相当乏味。 60. Slice the banana right down the middle. [=slice it into two equal parts]把这根香蕉切成相等的两半。 61. We split the cost down the middle. [=we split the cost equally]我们平摊费用。 62. She put her arms around his middle.她用两只胳膊搂着他的腰。 63. He tied the sash around his middle.他把腰带束在腰间。 64. She hated conflict and did not want to be put in the middle.她厌恶冲突，不想被卷入其中。 65. He was caught in the middle of his parents' divorce. = He was caught in the middle when his parents got divorced.他身陷父母离婚的痛苦之中。 66. The protesters interrupted her in the middle of her speech.抗议者在她演讲时打断了她。 67. He kept waking up in the middle of the night.他总是半夜里醒来。 68. The movie was so bad we walked out right in the middle of it.电影太难看，我们中途就退场了。 69. I was in the middle of (eating) dinner [=I was eating dinner] when the phone rang.电话响的时候我正在吃晚饭。 70. We got lost in the middle of nowhere.我们在一片荒芜中迷路了。