| 释义 |
medium/ˈmi:diəm/ n. & adj.●n. (pl. media or mediums) 1 the middle quality, degree, etc. between extremes (质量、程度等)中间；中庸 find a happy medium 找到中庸之道 2 the means by which something is communicated 媒介；媒质 the medium of sound 声音媒介; the medium of television 电视媒体 3 the intervening substance through which impressions are conveyed to the senses etc. 媒介物；介质 light passing from one medium into another 光从一种媒质传输到另一种媒质 4 Biol. the physical environment or conditions of growth, storage, or transport of a living organism 【生】生活环境；生活条件 the shape of a fish is ideal for its fluid medium 鱼的外形适合水中游动; growing mould on the surface of a medium 在介质表面生长的霉菌 5 an agency or means of doing something 媒介；方法；手段 the medium through which money is raised 集资方法 6 the material or form used by an artist, composer, etc. (艺术家、作曲家创作用的)材料；表现形式 language as an artistic medium 语言作为艺术表现形式 7 the liquid (e.g. oil or gel) with which pigments are mixed for use in painting (颜料的)溶剂(如油或冻胶) 8 (pl. mediums) a person claiming to be in contact with the spirits of the dead and to communicate between the dead and the living 巫师；通灵人 ●adj. 1 between two qualities, degrees, etc. (质量、程度等)中间的；中庸的；适中的 2 average; moderate 一般的；中等的 of medium height 中等个子 □ mediumism n. (in sense 8 of n. 用于名词释义 8)□ mediumistic /-ˈmistik/ adj. (in sense 8 of n. 用于名词释义 8)□ mediumship n. (in sense 8 of n. 用于名词释义 8)[Latin, = middle, neut. of medius] |