| 释义 |
Examples:tympanum (of the middle ear)—shawarma, Middle Eastern sandwich wrap (loanword)—chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)—the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei—karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)—middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)—family with connections the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)—stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration the inner ear—incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone stapes stirrup bone—family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times)—middle-class families pl—know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end—Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties—queer uncle, referring a young to middle-aged male pedophile (Internet slang)—medial (i.e. middle vowel of a syllable in Asian phonetics)—George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009—It's too late plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. [idiom.]— |