middle
noun OPAL S
/ˈmɪdl/
/ˈmɪdl/
Idioms - the middle[singular] the part of something that is at an equal distance from all its edges or sides; a point or a period of time between the beginning and the end of something
中间；中部；中央；中心 - in the middle a lake with an island in the middle
中央有一个小岛的湖 - This chicken isn't cooked in the middle.
这只鸡还没有熟透。 - in the middle of something Her car was stuck in the middle of the road.
她的车被堵在路中间。 - The phone rang in the middle of the night.
半夜里响起了电话铃声。 - You can’t leave in the middle of the meeting!
你不能在会议中途离开！ - 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。 - I have a pain in the middle of my back.
我背部中间疼。 - Low temperatures in the middle of winter can kill some trees.
隆冬的低温会杀死一些树木。 - down the middle Take a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle.
拿出一张纸，在中间画一条线。 - by the middle of something 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。 - I like a story with a beginning, a middle and an end.
我喜欢有头有尾、有中间发展的故事。
- He was standing in the middle of the room.
他站在屋子的中间。 - I was born in the middle of the war.
我出生在战争中期。 - It hit him bang in the middle of his forehead.
它击中了他的前额中央。 - Let's wait until the middle of April.
我们等到四月中旬吧。 - They stood in the middle of the field.
他们站在田野中央。 - We moved to the middle of London.
我们搬到了伦敦市中心。
- in the middle a lake with an island in the middle
- [countable, usually singular] (informal) a person’s waist
腰部 - He grabbed her around the middle.
他拦腰抱住她。 - I’ve put on weight around the middle.
我中间的体重增加了。 - The work features a stuffed goat with a rubber tyre around its middle.
这幅作品的特点是一只填充山羊，中间有一个橡胶轮胎。
- He grabbed her around the middle.
词源Old English middel, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch middel and German Mittel.
Idioms
be/get caught in the middle
- to be involved in an argument or fight between two other people or groups
忙于做 - When they quarrel, I am often caught in the middle.
他们争吵时，我常常夹在中间左右为难。
- When they quarrel, I am often caught in the middle.
be in the middle of something/of doing something
- to be busy doing something
忙于做 - They were in the middle of dinner when I called.
我打电话的时候，他们正在吃饭。 - I'm in the middle of writing a difficult letter.
我正在写一封很难写的信。
- They were in the middle of dinner when I called.
the middle of nowhere
- (informal) a place that is a long way from other buildings, towns, etc.
偏远的地方 - She lives on a small farm in the middle of nowhere.
她住在一个偏远的小农场。
- She lives on a small farm in the middle of nowhere.
split/divide (something) down the middle
- to divide something into two equal parts; to divide into two equal parts
平分；分为相等的两半 - 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。 - Divide the cake down the middle.
把蛋糕分成两半。 - It would seem the community has divided down the middle, with some favouring expansion and some dead set against it.
这个社区似乎已经分裂成了两派，一派支持扩张，一派坚决反对扩张。
- The country was split down the middle over the strike (= half supported it, half did not).