middle过去式

1. 中古的
2. 中间的，居中的，当中的
3. 中等的，中级的
4. 的，正中的
5. 中期的
6. 中部的
7. 中庸的
8. （希腊语法）中间态的
9. 中名词的

1. ，正中
2. 中间，中部
3. 腰部，人体的中部
4. 中间物
5. 中途
6. 媒介物
7. 中人，中间人，调解人
8. 中间派
9. 【逻】中名词
10. 【语】中间态
11. 【数】中项

1. 把...放在中间，放在中间
2. 把 ... 对折，对折

1. an area that is approximately central within some larger region;

   "it is in the center of town"
   "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"
   "they were in the eye of the storm"
   

2. an intermediate part or section;

   "A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end"
   

3. the middle area of the human torso (usually in front);

   "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable"
   

4. time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period;

   "the middle of the war"
   "rain during the middle of April"
   

1. being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series;

   "adolescence is an awkward in-between age"
   "in a mediate position"
   "the middle point on a line"
   

2. equally distant from the extremes
3. of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages;

   "Middle English is the English language from about 1100 to 1500"
   "Middle Gaelic"
   

4. between an earlier and a later period of time;

   "in the middle years"
   "in his middle thirties"
   

1. put in the middle

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

e.g. Howard stood in themiddle of the room sipping a cup of coffee...
霍华德站在房间，小口抿着一杯咖啡。
e.g. Hyde accelerated away from the kerb, swerving out into themiddle of the street...
海德加速驶离路边，突然向街道一个急转弯。

2.当中的;正中的
Themiddle object in a row of objects is the one that has an equal number of objects on each side.

e.g. Themiddle 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。
e.g. ...themiddle finger of her left hand.
她左手的中指

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

e.g. At age fifty-three, he now has a few extra pounds around hismiddle...
53岁的他腰间长了几磅赘肉。
e.g. The cook's apron covered hermiddle.
厨用围裙裹着她的腰部。

4.(某件事或某段时间的)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 themiddle 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。
e.g. It was now themiddle of November, cold and often foggy...
现在是11月中旬，天气寒冷而且经常有雾。

5.（年龄）中间的
If someone is in theirmiddle thirties, for example, they are aged somewhere approximately between thirty-four and thirty-six.

e.g. She knew he was in hismiddle 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。
e.g. I went on competing till I was in mymiddle forties.
我继续参赛，直到45岁左右。

6.(兄弟姐妹中)年龄居中的，排行居中的
Themiddle child in a family has equal numbers of younger and older brothers and sisters.

e.g. Hismiddle 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。

7.折中的;中庸之道的;不走极端的
Themiddle course or way is a moderate course of action that lies between two opposite and extreme courses.

e.g. He favoured amiddle 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。
e.g. The Mayor of Jerusalem has tried to minimise conflict by maintaining amiddle way between the various religions.
耶路撒冷市对各宗教采取折中的态度，力图使冲突最小化。

8.平均（分配）;把…一分为二
If you divide or split somethingdown the middle, you divide or split it into two equal halves or groups.

e.g. They agreed to split the bill down themiddle...
他们同意均摊费用。
e.g. If the conservatives are not removed, then the party will almost certainly split down themiddle.
如果不除掉保守势力，那么这个党几乎肯定会成两派。

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

e.g. It's a bit hectic. I'm in themiddle of cooking for nine people...
我正忙着为9个人做饭呢，有点儿忙不过来。
e.g. He was always in themiddle of a business transaction.
他总是忙着做生意。

1. It's best to slice into a rich cake from the middle.
   最好把甜美的蛋糕从中间分开。
2. The fence along the middle of the road is intended to guard vehicles from crashing into each other.
   道路的防护栏是为防止汽车相撞而设的。
3. Fire most of your shots at the middle of the ship.
   集中火力,朝船的中部射击。
4. The middle of an election is no time to face about.
   选举中途不能改变主张。
5. He is thirty five inches round the middle.
   他腰围35英寸。

1. Every time I went back to my hometown I would pay my respects to the middle school teachers.
   每次回到故里,我都去拜访我的中学老师。
2. He got a job as a teacher in one of the senior middle schools.
   他找到了一份工作,在一所高中当老师。
3. I cut my middle finger.
   我割伤了中指。
4. This pattern shows lines of different colours radiating from a middle point.
   这图案表现了从中心点放射出的各种不同的色彩。
5. He has three children, the middle child is a boy.
   他有三个孩子,老二是个男孩。

in the middle

正忙于 be busy
in the middle

The wall is projects in the middle.

墙壁中部凸出。

One end is blue, one end is red, and the colours merge in the middle.

一端为蓝色,一端为红色,这两种颜色在中间混成一色。

in the middle of sth

He positioned the lamp in the middle of the table.

他把灯放在桌子。

Everyone's eyes fastened on the little girl in the middle of the stage.

大家的目光集中在舞台的那位小姑娘身上。

Mother was embarrassed when the children started laughing in the middle of the service.

礼拜做到一半,孩子们开始笑了起来,母亲为此感到不好意思。

I cut him short in the middle of his explanation.

他解释了一半我就把他打断了。

I was cut off in the middle of the telephone call.

我话讲了一半,电话中断了。

We shall catch them in the middle of their supper.

我们会碰上他们吃晚饭。

He broke off in the middle of a sentence.

他在一个句子的中间停了下来。

He stopped short in the middle of his story.

他故事讲到一半突然停了下来。

Who's that pounding at the door in the middle of the night?

午夜时分,不知谁在敲门?

The businessman was struck down with a heart attack in the middle of the meeting.

这位企业家在开会时因患心脏病而倒下。

How did he sneak off in the middle of the meeting without being noticed?

他是怎么在会议中途偷偷溜走而未被人发现的?

in the middle of v-ing

He is in the middle of washing up.

他正忙着洗碗碟。

middle, centre, core, midst

这组词都有“中间”“中部”的意思。其区别在于:

1.middle指距离两端或两边相等距离的或中间部分,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。其区别在于：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

这些名词均含有“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。