The plural of the noun can be either mediums or media for meanings 4 and 5. The form mediums is the plural for meaning 6. 义项4和义项5的复数形式为 mediums 或 media。义项6的复数形式是 mediums。
1 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 中等的;中间的;中号的 If something is of medium size, it is neither large nor small, but approximately half way between the two. 中等的;中间的;中号的
2 ADJ [usually ADJ n] 中间的;平均的 You use medium to describe something which is average in degree or amount, or approximately half way along a scale between two extremes. 中间的;平均的
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Foods that contain only medium levels of sodium are bread, cakes, milk, butter and margarine.
含钠量仅为中等水平的食物有面包、蛋糕、牛奶、黄油和人造黄油。
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...a sweetish, medium-strength beer.
中度甜啤酒
SYN average, mean, middle, middling
Medium is also an adverb.
3 COMB in COLOUR (颜色)不深不浅的，适中的 If something is of a medium colour, it is neither light nor dark, but approximately half way between the two. (颜色)不深不浅的，适中的
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Andrea has medium brown hair, grey eyes and very pale skin.
安德烈娅有着深浅适中的棕发、灰色的眼睛和十分白皙的皮肤。
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When violet is added to the medium blue a particularly striking, warm coloration is created.
在中蓝色中加入蓝紫色就形成了一种格外鲜艳夺目的暖色。
4 N-COUNT (表现)方式;(交流)手段 A medium is a way or means of expressing your ideas or of communicating with people. (表现)方式;(交流)手段
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In Sierra Leone, English is used as the medium of instruction for all primary education. [+ of]
在塞拉利昂，基础教育阶段全部用英语授课。
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But Artaud was increasingly dissatisfied with film as a medium.
但是阿尔托对电影这种表现方式越来越不满。
SYN means, way, form, channel
5 N-COUNT 媒介;介质;媒介物 A medium is a substance or material which is used for a particular purpose or in order to produce a particular effect. 媒介;介质;媒介物
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Blood is the medium in which oxygen is carried to all parts of the body.
血液是将氧气输送到人体各个部位的媒介。
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Hyatt has found a way of creating these qualities using the more permanent medium of oil paint.
海厄特已经找到产生这些特性的方法，那就是利用油彩这种更加持久的材料。
SYN environment, setting, conditions, influences
6 N-COUNT (自称能够在死者与生者之间传递信息的)巫师，灵媒 A medium is a person who claims to be able to contact and speak to people who are dead, and to pass messages between them and people who are still alive. (自称能够在死者与生者之间传递信息的)巫师，灵媒
8 PHRASE 中庸之道;折中办法 If you strike or find a happy medium between two extreme and opposite courses of action, you find a sensible way of behaving that is somewhere between the two extremes. 中庸之道;折中办法
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I still aim to strike a happy medium between producing football that's worth watching and getting results.
我仍致力于打造这样一种球风—既具观赏性，又能得分，两全其美。
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It's very difficult to strike a happy medium and make it right for everybody.
找到皆大欢喜的折中办法颇有难度。
Quotations
The medium is the message Marshall McLuhan Understanding Media
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