Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #951
medium
媒介;手段;方式
A means or channel used for communicating information, presenting ideas, or achieving a purpose.
指电视、报纸等大众传播媒介,也指做事的方式或渠道。
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The material of the surrounding environment, e.g. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum, or a specific substance such as a solvent.
周围环境的材料,如固体、液体、气体、真空或特定物质如溶剂
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a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
存储或传递信息的工具或手段
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The materials or empty space through which signals, waves, or forces pass.
信号、波或力通过的材料或空域
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the surrounding environment
周围环境
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A format for communicating or presenting information.
信息交流或呈现的格式
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an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication
信号可借以传播的中间介质,用于通信
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A nutrient substance, commonly a solution or solid, for the growth of cells in vitro.
用于体外细胞生长的营养物质,通常为溶液或固体
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A substance, structure, or environment in which living organisms subsist, grow or are cultured.
生物体生存、成长或培养的物质、结构或环境
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A means, channel, agency or go-between through which communication, commerce, etc is conveyed or carried on, or by which an aim is achieved.
传递或进行交流、商业等的手段、渠道、媒介或中介,或实现目标的方式
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The materials used to finish a workpiece using a mass finishing or abrasive blasting process.
用于通过质量整理或喷砂工艺完成工件的材料
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A liquid base which carries pigment in paint.
在油画中承载颜料的液体基质
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A means of expression, in the arts, such as a material (oil, pastel, clay, etc) or method or style (expressionism, jazz, etc).
艺术中的表达方式,如材料(油画、粉彩、粘土等)或方法或风格(表现主义、爵士乐等)
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The mean or middle term of a syllogism, that by which the extremes are brought into connection.
三段论中的中项,通过它将两端连接起来
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Someone who conveys information from the spirit world.
与灵界沟通的人
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A middle place or degree.
中间位置或程度
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Anything of a middle rank or position.
处于中间等级或位置的事物
介质;环境;培养基;生长环境;艺术表达方式;创作材料;(颜料的)调和剂;磨料;研磨介质
In use
Television is a powerful medium for advertising.
The artist works in various mediums, including oil and watercolor.
Sound waves travel through the medium of air.
fish require an aqueous medium
Connections
Collocations
- culture medium
- 培养基
- The bacteria were grown on a culture medium.细菌在培养基上生长。
- storage medium
- 存储介质
- CDs were once a popular storage medium for data.光盘曾经是流行的数据存储介质。
- communication medium
- 通信媒介
- Email is a commonly used communication medium.电子邮件是常用的通信媒介。
- transmission medium
- 传输介质
- Fiber optics is a high-speed transmission medium.光纤是一种高速传输介质。
- liquid medium
- 液体培养基
- Yeast cells were suspended in a liquid medium.酵母细胞悬浮在液体培养基中。
- growth medium
Learner notes
Memory Tip
medium 在细菌学中意为‘培养基’,联想为‘微生物生长的中间介质’,助记。注意其中间含义。
Context & Register
通常用于正式或专业语境,如媒体研究、生物学(培养基)或通信技术。在媒体领域指信息传达的渠道;在生物学中指微生物培养基;在物理学中可指传播介质。
Grammar Note
常与介词for或of连用表示用途或媒介
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling chunk '-ium' with 'medium', but none rhyme exactly due to different stressed vowels (e.g., /eɪ/ in 'stadium', /oʊ/ in 'podium', /eə/ in 'aquarium') and varying stress patterns.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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