midst

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n. 中间 prep. 在...中间

发音

US /mɪdst/

词形变化

midsts 复数 midsts

别名

midest middest middis middst myddest mydest myddis myddst mydst

教材释义与例句

名词

当中，中间

介词

在…中间（等于amidst）

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A place in the middle of something; may be used of a literal or metaphorical location.

    文学
prep.
  1. 1.

    Among, in the middle of; amidst.

    罕用

    Mildred comes home from work early only to discover her husband, Robert, midst of a lewd affair with their neighbor, Gladys.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

thick

上位词 2

inside interior

相关短语

in the midst of 在...之中 in one's midst 在one当中

词源

From Middle English middes, midst, myddest (“middle”), from Old English midde, reshaped in Middle English phrases like in middes (“in the middle”) by analogy with adverbs in -(e)s; also compare Old English on middan, tōmiddes. Forms in -(e)st are probably due to influence of superlatives.

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