middle
UK
middle n: (distance: halfway point) (距离等)
SC 中央 zhōng yāng
TC 中央
TC 中央
SC 半途 zhōng yāng，bàn tú
SC 中间 zhōng yāng，zhōng jiān
TC 中間
TC 中間
The 50-yard line is in the middle of the football field.
50码标志线在球场的中央。
middle n: (centre)
SC 中心 zhōng xīn
TC 中心
TC 中心
SC 中央 zhōng xīn，zhōng yāng
TC 中央
TC 中央
There is a dot in the middle of the circle.
那个圆圈中心有个点。
middle n: (time: halfway point) (一段时间的)
SC 中间，当中 zhōng jiān ，dāng zhōng
TC 中間，當中
TC 中間，當中
SC 一半 yí bàn(一段时间的)
I lost interest in the middle of the film.
电影放到一半，我就了无兴致了。
middle adj: (distance: halfway)
SC 中途的 zhōng tú de
SC 半路的 zhōng tú de ，bàn lù de
He stopped to rest in the middle point of his journey.
他在行程中途停下来休息。
middle adj: (intermediate) (时间、进度)
SC 中间的，居中的 zhōng jiān de ，jū zhōng de
TC 中間的
TC 中間的
This project has five phases; we are currently working on one of the middle phases.
这个项目有五个阶段。我们目前正在处理其中的一个中间阶段。
middle adj: (period of a language) (语言)
SC 中古的 zhōng gǔ de
Many people don't realise that Chaucer wrote "The Canterbury Tales" in Middle English.
许多人都没有意识到，《坎特伯雷故事集》是乔叟用中古英语写成的。
middle n: informal (waist)
SC 腰部 yāo bù
TC 腰部
TC 腰部
SC 腰 yāo bù，yāo
TC 腰
TC 腰
His middle kept expanding, so he had to buy new, bigger clothes.
middle n: (middle part of a syllogism) (逻辑学)
SC 中项，中词 zhōng xiàng，zhōng cí
In a syllogism, the middle is excluded from the conclusion.
in the middle adv: (in the centre)
SC 在中间 zài zhōng jiān
TC 在中間
TC 在中間
SC 在中心 zài zhōng jiān，zài zhōng xīn
The area in the middle is called the bull's eye.
在中心的区域被称为
in the middle adv: (inside)
SC 在中间 zài zhōng jiān
TC 在中間
TC 在中間
SC 在内部，在里面 zài nèi bù，zài lǐ miàn
This pastry has custard in the middle.
这种点心的内部有奶油冻。
in the middle of [sth] prep: (at the centre of)
SC 在…中央 zài … zhōng yāng
The Temple of Confucius is in the middle of the city.
in the middle of [sth] prep: (time period)
SC 期间 qī jiān
TC 期間
TC 期間
SC 在...间
Audrey was awoken by a noise in the middle of the night.
in the middle of [sth] prep: (among)
SC 在…的中间 zài de zhōng jiān
SC 处于…的中央
In the middle of the skyscrapers stood one tiny house.
in the middle of [sth] prep: (still involved in)
SC 还纠缠在…之中
We were in the middle of an argument when the phone rang.
in the middle of doing [sth] prep: (still doing)
SC 正在做 zhèng zài zuò
I can't talk to you now. I'm in the middle of fixing dinner.
in the middle of nowhere expr: figurative (in an insignificant place)
SC 在不知名的地方
SC 在荒野之地
Richard lived out in the middle of nowhere.
middle age n: (mature years: 50s)
SC 中年 zhōng nián
TC 中年
TC 中年
When Ray reached middle age, he knew he needed to do something to get his body in shape.
the Middle Ages npl: (medieval period)
SC 中世纪 zhōng shì jì
TC 中世紀
TC 中世紀
Most European societies were feudal during the Middle Ages.
中世纪时，多数欧洲社会是封建制的。
middle C n: (music: central note on piano)
SC 中央C zhōng yāng
SC 中央C音 zhōng yāng，zhōng yāng yīn
The music teacher played middle C so the choir could begin on key.
middle child n: ([sb] with older and younger siblings) (指三个孩子中)
SC 老二
middle class n: (educated, well-off people)
SC 中产阶级的人 zhōng chǎn jiē jí de rén
Their son is very rebellious and rejects the values of the middle class.
他们的儿子很叛逆，并且很抗拒中产阶级的价值观。
middle class n: (between low and high income)
SC 中产阶级 zhōng chǎn jiē jí
TC 中產階級
TC 中產階級
With hard work, their family rose up from the working class to the more comfortable middle class.
通过辛勤劳作，他们家从工人阶级上升到了生活环境更为舒适的中产阶级。
middle class, middle-class adj: (educated and well off)
SC 中产阶级的 zhōng chǎn jiē jí de
She comes from a very nice middle class family.
她出生于一个很不错的中产阶级家庭。
middle ear n: (middle portion of the ear)
SC 中耳 zhōng ěr
Middle East, also US: Mideast n: (eastern Mediterranean region)
SC 中东 zhōng dōng
TC 中東
TC 中東
Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East.
也门是中东最贫穷的国家。
Middle East, also US: Mideast n as adj: (relating to the Middle East)
SC 中东的 zhōng dōng de
TC 中東的
TC 中東的
They were arguing about the country's Middle East policy.
他们在争论该国的中东政策。
Middle Eastern, Middle-Eastern adj: (of or from the Middle East)
SC 中东的 zhōng dōng de
TC 中東的
TC 中東的
Middle Eastern cuisine is one of the healthiest on earth.
Middle Eastern, Middle-Eastern adj: (Eastern Mediterranean)
SC 中东的 zhōng dōng de
TC 中東的
TC 中東的
Sumac is a Middle Eastern spice made from ground berries.
middle finger n: (longest finger)
SC 中指 zhōng zhǐ
TC 中指
TC 中指
The middle finger is between the index finger and the ring finger.
To "give someone the bird" is to extend your middle finger in an obscene gesture.
middle ground n: (compromise)
SC 中间道路 zhōng jiān dào lù
TC 中間道路
TC 中間道路
SC 折中 zhōng jiān dào lù，zhé zhōng
He wants a city break whereas I want a beach holiday, so we will have to find some middle ground.
middle initial n: (first letter of middle name) (中名：名和姓之间的名字)
SC 中名首字母 zhōng míng shǒu zì mǔ
My brother and I have different middle initials: his full initials are MJK and mine are MSK.
middle management: (echelon of administration)
SC 中层管理人员
SC 中级管理层
middle name n: (second or additional given name) (名与姓中间的名)
SC 中名 zhōng míng
I never use my middle name. His first name was Michael, but everyone called him by his middle name, John.
我从不使用自己的中名。他的名是迈克尔，但是所有人都用他的中名约翰来称呼他。
middle of the road, middle-of-the-road adj: informal, figurative (average, mediocre)
SC 中庸的，平庸的 zhōng yōng de，píng yōng de
The band abandoned their experimental tendencies for a middle-of-the-road sound in an effort to sell more records.
middle of the road, middle-of-the-road adj: informal, figurative (politics: not extreme) (政治)
SC 中间路线的，中间立场的 zhōng jiān lù xiàn de，zhōng jiān lì chǎng de
His politics then were very middle of the road; they became radical later.
middle of the road n: (centre of a street)
SC 路中央 lù zhōng yāng
The child froze in the middle of the road as the car sped towards him.
middle school n: US (junior high)
SC 初级中学 chū jí zhōng xué
TC 初級中學
TC 初級中學
Parental support plays a vital role in helping preteens and teens succeed in middle school.
就学龄前儿童和青少年来说，父母的支持对他们在中学取得成功起着至关重要的作用。
middle school n: UK (school for ages 9-13) (面向9到13岁学生)
SC 中级学校
TC 中級學校
TC 中級學校
My 11-year-old son is at middle school.
我11岁儿子在读中学。
middle-aged adj: (in mature adulthood)
SC 中年的 zhōng nián de
The keenest internet shoppers are middle-aged men and women.
Middle-earth n: (fictional place)
SC 中土世界
middle-income adj: (middle-class)
SC 中产的，中等收入的
middle-size, medium-size n as adj: (of medium dimensions)
SC 中型的 zhōng xíng de
midsized, middle-sized adj: (of medium dimensions)
SC 中等大小的，中型的 zhōng xíng de
piggy in the middle n: UK (ball game)
SC 过顶传球
smack in the middle adv: informal (right in the centre)
SC 正好在中间 zhèng hǎo zài zhōng jiān
The golfer's shot landed smack in the middle of the lake.
the middle of nowhere n: figurative (remote place)
SC 偏远地带
the upper middle class n: (wealthy, highly-educated people)
SC 中上阶层 zhōng shàng jiē céng
TC 中上階層
TC 中上階層
Paying college tuitions nowadays can be difficult even for families in the upper middle class.
upper-middle-class n as adj: (wealthy)
SC 上中产阶级
Her upper-middle-classparents sent her to the best schools.