单词 | middle |
释义 | 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 中点; 中间; 中央; 中部 the middle of the room 房间的中央 in the middle of the century 在这世纪的中叶 in the very middle of the night 子夜时分 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. 我给他们打电话时, 他们正在吃饭. I was right in the middle of reading it (ie was busy reading it) when she phoned. 她打电话来时, 我正念到半截. 2 [C] (infml 口) waist 腰: seize sb round the/his middle 拦腰抱住某人 fifty inches round the middle 腰围五十英寸. 3 (idm 习语) the middle of `nowhere (infml 口) somewhere very remote or isolated 偏远的某地 She lives on a small farm in the middle of nowhere. 她住在一个偏僻的小农场上. pig in the middle => pig. middle, adj [attrib 作定语] 1 (occupying a position) in the middle 在中间的; 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. 他中指上戴著指环. 2 (idm 习语) (take/follow) a middle `course (make) a compromise between two extreme courses of action (取)中间路线; (行)中庸之道. |
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