(pl. media/-dɪə/或mediums)
1
- an agency or means of doing something媒介; 途径, 方法, 手段:
using the latest technology as a medium for job creation
把最新技术作为创造就业机会的手段
their primitive valuables acted as a medium of exchange.
他们的原始贵重物充当交换媒介。
1.1
- a means by which something is communicated or expressed(传播或表达的)手段, 方法:
here the Welsh language is the medium of instruction.
在这里, 威尔士语是教学用语。
2
- the intervening substance through which impressions are conveyed to the senses or a force acts on objects at a distance媒质, 媒介物; 传导体:
radio communication needs no physical medium between the two stations
在这两个站点间进行无线电通讯无需任何有形介质
the medium between the cylinders is a vacuum.
汽缸之间的媒质是真空。
2.1
- the substance in which an organism lives or is cultured培养基:
grow bacteria in a nutrient-rich medium.
在营养丰富的培养基中培养细菌。
3
- a liquid (e.g. oil or water) with which pigments are mixed to make paint(颜料)溶剂(如油或水)。
3.1
- the material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer(艺术创作)材料, 素材; (艺术)表现方式:
oil paint is the most popular medium for glazing.
油性涂料是上光时用得最多的材料。
4
- (pl. mediums) a person claiming to be in contact with the spirits of the dead and to communicate between the dead and the living灵媒, 巫师, 招魂者。
5
- the middle quality or state between two extremes; a reasonable balance(品质、状态)中等; 中间; 中庸:
you have to strike a happy medium between looking like royalty and looking like a housewife.
是显皇室风度还是做得像个主妇, 你必须兼顾得恰到好处。
6
- a particular form of storage material for computer files, such as magnetic tape or discs(计算机文件)存储媒介。
1
- about halfway between two extremes of size or another quality; average中等的; 中号的; 适中的:
John is six feet tall, of medium build
约翰六英尺高, 身材中等
medium-length hair.
不长不短的头发。
1.1
- Cricket (of bowling or a bowler) of a pace intermediate between fast and slow bowling【板球】(投球, 投球手)中速的。
派生词
mediumism
noun (限义项4)mediumistic
adjective (限义项4)mediumship
noun (限义项4)词源
late 16th cent. (originally denoting something intermediate in nature or degree): from Latin, literally 'middle', neuter of medius.