◎ 單詞釋義

adj.中等的；中間的；中期的

n.中間

vt.放在中間；把 ... 對折

過去式: middled 過去分詞: middled 現(xiàn)在分詞: middling 第三人稱單數(shù): middles

中古的

中間的，居中的，當(dāng)中的

中等的，中級的

中央的，正中的

中期的

中部的

中庸的

（希臘語法）中間態(tài)的

中名詞的

n.(名詞)

中央，正中

中間，中部

腰部，人體的中部

中間物

中途

媒介物

中人，中間人，調(diào)解人

中間派

【邏】中名詞

【語】中間態(tài)

【數(shù)】中項

v.(動詞)

把...放在中間，放在中間

把 ... 對折，對折

n.(名詞)

[S][U]中部,中間 the central part, point, or position

adj.(形容詞)

[A]中部的,中間的 in or nearly in the centre; at the same distance from two or more points, or from the beginning and end of sth

1. 中部；中央；中間
The middle of something is the part of it that is furthest from its edges, ends, or outside surface.

e.g. Howard stood in the middle of the room sipping a cup of coffee...
霍華德站在房間中央，小口抿著一杯咖啡。
e.g. Hyde accelerated away from the kerb, swerving out into the middle of the street...
海德加速駛離路邊，突然向街道中央一個急轉(zhuǎn)彎。

2. 當(dāng)中的;正中的
The middle object in a row of objects is the one that has an equal number of objects on each side.

e.g. The middle button of his uniform jacket was strained over his belly.
制服上裝中間的紐扣在他的肚子上繃得緊緊的。
e.g. ...the middle finger of her left hand.
她左手的中指

3. 腹部;腰部
Your middle is the part of your body around your stomach.

e.g. At age fifty-three, he now has a few extra pounds around his middle...
53歲的他腰間長了幾磅贅肉。
e.g. The cook's apron covered her middle.
廚用圍裙裹著她的腰部。

4. (某件事或某段時間的)中期
The middle of an event or period of time is the part that comes after the first part and before the last part.

e.g. I woke up in the middle of the night and could hear a tapping on the window...
我半夜里醒來，聽見有敲窗戶的聲音。
e.g. It was now the middle of November, cold and often foggy...
現(xiàn)在是11月中旬，天氣寒冷而且經(jīng)常有霧。

5. （年齡）中間的
If someone is in their middle thirties, for example, they are aged somewhere approximately between thirty-four and thirty-six.

e.g. She knew he was in his middle fifties, although he looked much younger...
盡管他看上去年輕得多，她知道他在55歲左右。
e.g. I went on competing till I was in my middle forties.
我繼續(xù)參賽，直到45歲左右。

6. (兄弟姐妹中)年齡居中的，排行居中的
The middle child in a family has equal numbers of younger and older brothers and sisters.

e.g. His middle son died in a drowning accident five years back.
他排行居中的那個兒子5年前意外溺水身亡。

7. 折中的;中庸之道的;不走極端的
The middle course or way is a moderate course of action that lies between two opposite and extreme courses.

e.g. He favoured a middle course between free enterprise and state intervention...
他更傾向于在自由經(jīng)營與國家干預(yù)之間走一條中庸之道。
e.g. The Mayor of Jerusalem has tried to minimise conflict by maintaining a middle way between the various religions.
耶路撒冷市市長對各宗教采取折中的態(tài)度，力圖使沖突最小化。

8. 平均（分配）;把…一分為二
If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide or split it into two equal halves or groups.

e.g. They agreed to split the bill down the middle...
他們同意均攤費用。
e.g. If the conservatives are not removed, then the party will almost certainly split down the middle.
如果不除掉保守勢力，那么這個黨幾乎肯定會分裂成兩派。

9. 正忙于
If you are in the middle of doing something, you are busy doing it.

e.g. It's a bit hectic. I'm in the middle of cooking for nine people...
我正忙著為9個人做飯呢，有點兒忙不過來。
e.g. He was always in the middle of a business transaction.
他總是忙著做生意。

1.

1. 中部：上部者和下部者相同 中部(middle)者比上下部者多上部(top)者比下部(bottom)者多 上部者比下部者少上部者和下部者相同 中部(middle)者比上下部者多3 下 有關(guān)白肌(white muscle)和紅肌(red muscle)的比較,何者 正確?

n.(名詞)

middle用作名詞時,意思是“中間,當(dāng)中,中部”,既可用于空間,又可用于時間。既可指物體兩端或兩邊相等距離的中央或中間部分,也可指一段時間或行動始末的中間一段。前面一般加定冠詞the,只用單數(shù)形式。其后一般接介詞of。

middle也可表示身體的“中部,腰部”,跟waist意思相近。

in the middle of v -ing意思是“正忙于做某事”。

adj.(形容詞)

middle用作形容詞時,意思是“中部的,中間的,當(dāng)中的”。

middle通常不用于比較級和最高級形式,如確需比較,可用more, less, nearly修飾,是定語形容詞,在句中只用作定語。

middle可表示孩子的排行。

n.(名詞)

middle, centre, core, midst

這組詞都有“中間”“中部”的意思。其區(qū)別在于:

1.middle指距離兩端或兩邊相等距離的中央或中間部分,也可指一段時間或行動始末的中間一段; midst指空間、時間、事物、人群等的中間; core指果實的果心; centre指空間的方、圓等位于中心的位置。例如:

There is a double writing table in the middle of the room.房子中間放著一張雙人寫字臺。

He was elected from the midst of the prisoners.他是從犯人中選出的。

The core of the apple is hard.蘋果核是硬的。

This building is at the centre of the city.這座大樓坐落在市中心。

2.core引申為“精髓”“核心”或“重要部分”; centre則引申為重要活動或事物的中心。例如:

We didn't get to the core of the subject.我們沒觸及問題的核心。

The core of our appeal is freedom of speech.我們呼吁的中心是要言論自由。

She loves to be the centre of interest.她喜歡成為引人注意的中心人物。

adj.(形容詞)

下面兩句話的意思不同:

He arrived at Yulin at the middle of May.

他是五月中到玉林的。

He arrived at Yulin in the middle of May.

他是五月中旬到玉林的。

n.(名詞)彼得是中午回來的。

誤

Peter came back in the centre of the day.

正

Peter came back in the middle of the day.

析

middle和 centre都有“中間”“中央”的含義,但 middle表示的范圍較大,是大致中心位置或中心區(qū)域, centre 表示正中心。
這個城市是國家的商業(yè)中心。

誤

The city is the commercial middle of the whole country.

正

The city is the commercial centre of the whole country.

析

centre 可以用于引申含義的“中心”, middle則不可以。
在實驗過程中,那個科學(xué)家突然發(fā)現(xiàn)了真知。

誤

In the middle of his tests, the scientist burst on the truth.

正

At the middle of his tests, the scientist burst on the truth.
當(dāng)他醒來時他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在大森林里。

誤

When he regained consciousness, he found himself at the middle of the forest.

正

When he regained consciousness, he found himself in the middle of the forest.

析

in the middle of一般接表示“地點”的名詞; 而at the middle of后才接表示“時間”的名詞(in the middle of the day〔night〕例外)。
adj.(形容詞)淄博是山東省的一個中等城市。

誤

Zibo is a middle city in Shandong Province.

正

Zibo is a medium-sized city in Shandong Province.

析

middle 是處在兩者的“中間的”意思,如middle school, middle of the month〔year〕等。medium 指按某一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來說,屬于不大不小、中等,可指形狀、質(zhì)量、數(shù)量、規(guī)模、價值等。“中等城市”應(yīng)譯作medium-sized city。
這個城鎮(zhèn)的歷史可回溯到中世紀(jì)。

誤

The history of the town dates back to the Middle Age.

正

The history of the town dates back to the Middle Ages.

析

middle age(單數(shù),首字母不大寫)指“(人的)中年期”。表示“(歐洲歷史上的) 中世紀(jì)”應(yīng)該用the Middle Ages(復(fù)數(shù),首字母大寫)。

☆ 直接源自古英語的middel，意為中間。

以上就是本站詳細(xì)整理的詞語middle是什么意思的翻譯解釋，供大家參考一下。