Word · Frequency #1360
middle
中间；中部；中央
The central point or part; the part between the beginning and the end.
- 1.
A centre, midpoint.
中间:中心点,中点。
- 2.
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
某个更大区域内大致中心的区域
- 3.
The part between the beginning and the end.
介于开始和结束之间的部分
- 4.
an intermediate part or section; - Aristotle
中间部分或区段；- 亚里士多德
- 5.
The middle stump.
中柱:板球中的中柱。
- 6.
the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)
人类躯干的中间区域(通常在前面)
- 7.
The central part of a human body; the waist.
人体中部；腰
- 8.
The middle voice.
中动态:语法中的中动态。
- 9.
the center of the political spectrum.
政治光谱的中间立场
- 10.
An essay on social or literary issues in a newspaper or magazine, originally placed between the leading articles and the reviews.
中栏文章:报纸或杂志上关于社会或文学问题的文章,原置于主要文章和评论之间。
腰；腹部；中间派；中间立场；（板球的）中柱；中动态；中间语态；（旧时报刊的）中栏文章
In use
The cat is sitting in the middle of the room.
She woke up suddenly in the middle of the night.
He felt a sharp pain in the middle of his back.
A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end
Connections
Collocations
- in the middle
- 在中间
- There is a table in the middle of the room.房间中间有一张桌子。
- the middle of
- …的中央
- She stood in the middle of the crowd.她站在人群中央。
- middle ground
- 中间立场；折中方案
- We need to find a middle ground between the two proposals.我们需要在两个提议之间找到折中方案。
- middle finger
- 中指
- He pointed at the sign with his middle finger.他用中指指向那个牌子。
- middle class
- 中产阶级
- The middle class is growing in many developing countries.中产阶级在许多发展中国家正在壮大。
- middle age
Learner notes
Memory Tip
m像两座山峰，iddle表示中间，两峰间的山谷就是middle——中央。
Context & Register
register: neutral; contexts: 物体中间, 腰部, 时间中间; note_zh: 通常用于通用语境，无特殊语域限制。
Grammar Note
常与of连用，表示…的中心
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the '-dle' ending and rhyme with 'middle' (pronounced /-ɪdəl/). Words like 'handle' (/ˈhændəl/) and 'candle' (/ˈkændəl/) also end in '-dle' but have a different vowel sound.
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 5，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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