middle
n
1 the middle [sing]
point, position or part which is at an equal distance from two or more points, etc; point between the beginning and the end 中點; 中間; 中央; 中部
the middle of the room 房間的中央
in the middle of the century 在這世紀的中葉
in the very middle of the night 子夜時分
a pain in the middle of his back 他背部中央的疼痛
They were in the middle of dinner (ie were having dinner) when I called. 我給他們打電話時, 他們正在吃飯.
I was right in the middle of reading it (ie was busy reading it) when she phoned. 她打電話來時, 我正念到半截.
2 [C] (infml 口) waist 腰: seize sb round the/his middle 攔腰抱住某人
fifty inches round the middle 腰圍五十英寸.
3 (idm 習語) the middle of `nowhere (infml 口) somewhere very remote or isolated 偏遠的某地
She lives on a small farm in the middle of nowhere. 她住在一個偏僻的小農場上. pig in the middle => pig. middle, adj [attrib 作定語]
1 (occupying a position) in the middle 在中間的; 居中的
the middle house of the three 三所房子的居中者
He wears a ring on his middle finger. 他中指上戴著指環.
2 (idm 習語) (take/follow) a middle `course (make) a compromise between two extreme courses of action (取)中間路線; (行)中庸之道.
?? 擴展釋義
*['midl]n. 中央, 中間, 腰部a. 中央的, 中庸的, 中間的【經】 中等貨, 中等物; 中級的相關詞組: in the middle of knock sb into the middle of next week