middle

[ˈmɪdl]
  • n.

    中央;中部;中等;腹部;

  • adj.

    当中的;中间的;中等的;年龄居中的;折中的;

  • 单词变形

    复数: middles


  • 词义辨析

    middle, centre, core, midst

    这组词都有“中间”“中部”的意思。它们的区别在于:
    1.middle指距离两端或两边相等距离的中央或中间部分,也可指一段时间或行动始末的中间一段; midst指空间、时间、事物、人群等的中间; core指果实的果心; centre指空间的方、圆等位于中心的位置。例如:
    There is a double writing table in the middle of the room.房子中间放着一张双人写字台。
    He was elected from the midst of the prisoners.他是从犯人中选出的。
    The core of the apple is hard.苹果核是硬的。
    This building is at the centre of the city.这座大楼坐落在市中心。
    2.core引申为“精髓”“核心”或“重要部分”; centre则引申为重要活动或事物的中心。例如:
    We didn't get to the core of the subject.我们没触及问题的核心。
    The core of our appeal is freedom of speech.我们呼吁的中心是要言论自由。
    She loves to be the centre of interest.她喜欢成为引人注意的中心人物。

    下面两句话的意思不同:

    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。

    middle school, senior middle school, junior middle school

    三者的意思并不相同。它们的区别在于:middle school的意思是“中学(包括初中和高中)”,是一种比较笼统的用法; junior middle school的意思是“初中”; senior middle schools的意思是“高中”。例如:
    When he studied in middle school, he was dismissed for stealing.他在中学读书时,因偷窃而被开除。
    About 80 percent of the graduates advanced to senior middle schools.约有80%的毕业生升入了高中。
    My brother dropped out at the end of the second year of his junior middle school.我哥哥念完初中二年级就休学了。

    下面两个句子的意思不同:

    He is a man of middle height.
    他是一位个子适中的人。
    He is a man of the middle height.
    他是一位中等身材的人。

    下面两个短语的意思不同:

    middle age
    中年时期
    the Middle Ages
    中世纪时期(1100-1500年)

    center,middle,heart,core,midst

    这些名词都含有“中心”之意。
    center指三维空间的中心点,也可比喻抽象事物的中心。
    middle一般指时间、空间或过程两端间等距的部分。
    heart指事物最内部或最重要的部分,表地理位置时可与center换用。
    core指某事物固定的中心部分或最重要的核心部分。比喻意义指某物的精华。
    midst书面语用词,指在一个群体的深处或在某活动的进程中。

  • 双语例句
1、

The middle button of his uniform jacket was strained over his belly.

制服上装中间的纽扣在他的肚子上绷得紧紧的。

——柯林斯例句

2、

He was always in the middle of a business transaction.

他总是忙着做生意。

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3、

I went on competing till I was in my middle forties.

我继续参赛,直到45岁左右。

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4、

His middle son died in a drowning accident five years back.

他排行居中的那个儿子5年前意外溺水身亡。

柯林斯例句

5、

The Mayor of Jerusalem has tried to minimise conflict by maintaining a middle way between the various religions.

耶路撒冷市市长对各宗教采取折中的态度,力图使冲突最小化。

柯林斯例句

6、

The cook's apron covered her middle.

厨用围裙裹着她的腰部。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

7、

The phone rang in the middle of the night.

半夜里响起了电话铃声。

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8、

Howard stood in the middle of the room sipping a cup of coffee...

霍华德站在房间中央,小口抿着一杯咖啡。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

9、

If the conservatives are not removed, then the party will almost certainly split down the middle.

如果不除掉保守势力,那么这个党几乎肯定会分裂成两派。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

10、

I should have finished by the middle of the week.

我在这周过半的时候应该就能完成。

牛津高阶英汉双解词典

11、

His picture was right/bang (= exactly) in the middle of the front page.

他的照片就登在头版的正中央。

牛津高阶英汉双解词典

12、

They were in the middle of dinner when I called.

我打电话的时候,他们正在吃饭呢。

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13、

I woke up in the middle of the night and could hear a tapping on the window...

我半夜里醒来,听见有敲窗户的声音。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

14、

He favoured a middle course between free enterprise and state intervention...

他更倾向于在自由经营与国家干预之间走一条中庸之道。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

15、

I'm in the middle of writing a difficult letter.

我正在写一封很难写的信。

牛津高阶英汉双解词典

16、

She knew he was in his middle fifties, although he looked much younger...

尽管他看上去年轻得多,她知道他在55岁左右。

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17、

The country was split down the middle over the strike (= half supported it, half did not) .

国内支持和反对罢工的人势均力敌。

牛津高阶英汉双解词典

18、

Hyde accelerated away from the kerb, swerving out into the middle of the street...

海德加速驶离路边,突然向街道中央一个急转弯。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

19、

This chicken isn't cooked in the middle.

这只鸡还没有熟透。

牛津高阶英汉双解词典

20、

Pens are kept in the middle drawer.

钢笔在中间那个抽屉里。

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21、

...the middle finger of her left hand.

她左手的中指

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22、

She lives on a small farm in the middle of nowhere.

她住在一个偏远的小农场。

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23、

It's a bit hectic. I'm in the middle of cooking for nine people...

我正忙着为9个人做饭呢,有点儿忙不过来。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

24、

They agreed to split the bill down the middle...

他们同意均摊费用。

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25、

At age fifty-three, he now has a few extra pounds around his middle...

53岁的他腰间长了几磅赘肉。

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26、

He grabbed her around the middle.

他拦腰抱住她。

牛津高阶英汉双解词典

27、

a lake with an island in the middle

中央有一个小岛的湖

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28、

It was now the middle of November, cold and often foggy...

现在是11月中旬,天气寒冷而且经常有雾。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

29、

He was standing in the middle of the room.

他站在屋子的中间。

牛津高阶英汉双解词典

30、

Take a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle .

拿出一张纸,在中间画一条线。

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