- adj. 中等的；中間的；中期的
- n. 中間
- vt. 放在中間；把 ... 對折
middle的英文翻譯是什么意思，詞典釋義與在線翻譯：
詳盡釋義
- 中古的
- 中間的，居中的，當中的
- 中等的，中級的
- 中央的，正中的
- 中期的
- 中部的
- 中庸的
- （希臘語法）中間態的
- 中名詞的
- 中央，正中
- 中間，中部
- <口>腰部，人體的中部
- 中間物
- 中途
- 媒介物
- 中人，中間人，調解人
- 中間派
- 【邏】中名詞
- 【語】中間態
- 【數】中項
- 把...放在中間，放在中間
- 把 ... 對折，對折
雙解釋義
- [S][U]中部,中間 the central part, point, or position
- [A]中部的,中間的 in or nearly in the centre; at the same distance from two or more points, or from the beginning and end of sth
英英釋義
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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"
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an intermediate part or section;
"A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"
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the middle area of the human torso (usually in front);
"young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
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time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period;
"the middle of the war"
"rain during the middle of April"
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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"
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equally distant from the extremes
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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"
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between an earlier and a later period of time;
"in the middle years"
"in his middle thirties"
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put in the middle
middle的用法和樣例：
例句
- There are 300 students or so in this middle school.
這所中學大約有300個學生。 - He was not much above the middle height.
他不過中等身材。 - He made a bid for middle class support.
他努力試圖得到中產階級的支持。 - The man has reached middle age.
這人已到了中年。 - What is your father's middle name?
你爸爸中間的名字什么? - Which book do you want? I'll have the middle one.
你要哪本書?我要中間的那一本。 - Events of the middle 1970s have demonstrated how well founded this concern can be.
本世紀70年代中期發生的一系列事件，充分表明了它的影響所及。
- The sheets have worn thin in the middle.
床單的中間部分磨薄了。 - He planted roses in the middle of the garden.
他在花園中間種上玫瑰。
- Uruguay and Haiti hung uncertainly in the middle.
烏拉圭和海地則在中間搖擺。
常見句型
- It's best to slice into a rich cake from the middle.
最好把甜美的蛋糕從中間分開。 - The fence along the middle of the road is intended to guard vehicles from crashing into each other.
道路中央的防護欄是為防止汽車相撞而設的。 - Fire most of your shots at the middle of the ship.
集中火力,朝船的中部射擊。 - The middle of an election is no time to face about.
選舉中途不能改變主張。 - He is thirty five inches round the middle.
他腰圍35英寸。
- Every time I went back to my hometown I would pay my respects to the middle school teachers.
每次回到故里,我都去拜訪我的中學老師。 - He got a job as a teacher in one of the senior middle schools.
他找到了一份工作,在一所高中當老師。 - I cut my middle finger.
我割傷了中指。 - This pattern shows lines of different colours radiating from a middle point.
這圖案表現了從中心點放射出的各種不同的色彩。 - He has three children, the middle child is a boy.
他有三個孩子,老二是個男孩。
常用短語
- in the middle
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正忙于 be busy
in the middleThe wall is projects in the middle.
墻壁中部凸出。
One end is blue, one end is red, and the colours merge in the middle.
一端為藍色,一端為紅色,這兩種顏色在中間混成一色。
in the middle of sthHe positioned the lamp in the middle of the table.
他把燈放在桌子中央。
Everyone's eyes fastened on the little girl in the middle of the stage.
大家的目光集中在舞臺中央的那位小姑娘身上。
Mother was embarrassed when the children started laughing in the middle of the service.
禮拜做到一半,孩子們開始笑了起來,母親為此感到不好意思。
I cut him short in the middle of his explanation.
他解釋了一半我就把他打斷了。
I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.
我話講了一半,電話中斷了。
We shall catch them in the middle of their supper.
我們會碰上他們吃晚飯。
He broke off in the middle of a sentence.
他在一個句子的中間停了下來。
He stopped short in the middle of his story.
他故事講到一半突然停了下來。
Who's that pounding at the door in the middle of the night?
午夜時分,不知誰在敲門?
The businessman was struck down with a heart attack in the middle of the meeting.
這位企業家在開會時因患心臟病而倒下。
How did he sneak off in the middle of the meeting without being noticed?
他是怎么在會議中途偷偷溜走而未被人發現的?
in the middle of v-ingHe is in the middle of washing up.
他正忙著洗碗碟。
詞匯搭配
- above the middle of his class 屬全班中上水平
- at the middle 在…中間
- from the middle of 從…中央
- in the middle 在…中間
- middle of next month 下月中旬
- middle of the 19th century 十九世紀中葉
- middle age 中年
- middle class 中產階級
- middle house 中間那幢房子
- middle man 中間人,經紀人
- middle school 中學
- the M- Ages 中世紀
- the M- America 中美洲
- the M- East 中東
- the M- English 中古英語
- the M- West (美國)中西部
經典引文
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He was at that middle time of life which is happily tempered with the warmth of youth.
出自： Goldsmith -
In the same way you will get the middle line of the mouth.
出自： W. M. Craig -
The middle portion of the glacier.
出自： J. Tyndall -
My middle sister, Emily.
出自：Punch
middle的詳細講解：
詞語用法
- middle用作名詞時,意思是“中間,當中,中部”,既可用于空間,又可用于時間。既可指物體兩端或兩邊相等距離的中央或中間部分,也可指一段時間或行動始末的中間一段。前面一般加定冠詞the,只用單數形式。其后一般接介詞of。
- middle也可表示身體的“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”。
- middle用作形容詞時,意思是“中部的,中間的,當中的”。
- middle通常不用于比較級和最高級形式,如確需比較,可用more, less, nearly修飾,是定語形容詞,在句中只用作定語。
- middle可表示孩子的排行。
詞義辨析
- middle, centre, core, midst
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- 這組詞都有“中間”“中部”的意思。其區別在于:
- 1.middle指距離兩端或兩邊相等距離的中央或中間部分,也可指一段時間或行動始末的中間一段; midst指空間、時間、事物、人群等的中間; core指果實的果心; centre指空間的方、圓等位于中心的位置。例如:
- There is a double writing table in the middle of the room.房子中間放著一張雙人寫字臺。
- He was elected from the midst of the prisoners.他是從犯人中選出的。
- The core of the apple is hard.蘋果核是硬的。
- This building is at the centre of the city.這座大樓坐落在市中心。
- 2.core引申為“精髓”“核心”或“重要部分”; centre則引申為重要活動或事物的中心。例如:
- We didn't get to the core of the subject.我們沒觸及問題的核心。
- The core of our appeal is freedom of speech.我們呼吁的中心是要言論自由。
- She loves to be the centre of interest.她喜歡成為引人注意的中心人物。
- 下面兩句話的意思不同:
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- 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。
- middle school, senior middle school, junior middle school
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- 三者的意思并不相同。其區別在于：middle school的意思是“中學(包括初中和高中)”,是一種比較籠統的用法; 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.他在中學讀書時,因偷竊而被開除。
- About 80 percent of the graduates advanced to senior middle schools.約有80%的畢業生升入了高中。
- 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級就休學了。
- 下面兩個句子的意思不同:
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- He is a man of middle height.
- 他是一位個子適中的人。
- He is a man of the middle height.
- 他是一位中等身材的人。
- 下面兩個短語的意思不同:
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- middle age
- 中年時期
- the Middle Ages
- 中世紀時期(1100-1500年)
- center，middle，heart，core，midst
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- 這些名詞均含有“中心”之意。
- center指三維空間的中心點，也可比喻抽象事物的中心。
- middle一般指時間、空間或過程兩端間等距的部分。
- heart指事物最內部或最重要的部分，表地理位置時可與center換用。
- core指某事物固定的中心部分或最重要的核心部分。比喻意義指某物的精華。
- midst書面語用詞，指在一個群體的深處或在某活動的進程中。
常見錯誤
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彼得是中午回來的。
誤 Peter came back in the centre of the day.
正 Peter came back in the middle of the day.
析 middle和 centre都有“中間”“中央”的含義,但 middle表示的范圍較大,是大致中心位置或中心區域, centre 表示正中心。
這個城市是國家的商業中心。誤 The city is the commercial middle of the whole country.
正 The city is the commercial centre of the whole country.
析 centre 可以用于引申含義的“中心”, middle則不可以。
在實驗過程中,那個科學家突然發現了真知。誤 In the middle of his tests, the scientist burst on the truth.
正 At the middle of his tests, the scientist burst on the truth.
當他醒來時他發現自己在大森林里。誤 When he regained consciousness, he found himself at the middle of the forest.
正 When he regained consciousness, he found himself in the middle of the forest.
析 in the middle of一般接表示“地點”的名詞; 而at the middle of后才接表示“時間”的名詞(in the middle of the day〔night〕例外)。
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淄博是山東省的一個中等城市。
誤 Zibo is a middle city in Shandong Province.
正 Zibo is a medium-sized city in Shandong Province.
析 middle 是處在兩者的“中間的”意思,如middle school, middle of the month〔year〕等。medium 指按某一標準來說,屬于不大不小、中等,可指形狀、質量、數量、規模、價值等?！爸械瘸鞘小睉g作medium-sized city。
這個城鎮的歷史可回溯到中世紀。誤 The history of the town dates back to the Middle Age.
正 The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages.
析 middle age(單數,首字母不大寫)指“(人的)中年期”。表示“(歐洲歷史上的) 中世紀”應該用the Middle Ages(復數,首字母大寫)。
詞源解說
- ☆ 直接源自古英語的middel，意為中間。
