middle /ˈmɪdl/ DJ /'mɪdḷ/ KK noun 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 singular a lake with an island in the middle 中央有一个小岛的湖 He was standing in the middle of the room. 他站在屋子的中间。 The phone rang in the middle of the night. 半夜里响起了电话铃声。 This chicken isn't cooked in the middle. 这只鸡还没有熟透。 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。 Take a sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle. 拿出一张纸，在中间画一条线。 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。 Alternate: the middle a person's waist 腰部 countable usually singular informal He grabbed her around the middle. 他拦腰抱住她。 I've put on weight around the middle. 我的腰部发胖了。 Idiom: 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，他们正在吃饭呢。 I'm in the middle of writing a difficult letter. 我正在写一封很难写的信。 Idiom: 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。 Idiom: split/divide something down the middle to divide something 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。 See also: pig/piggy in the middle adjective in a position in the middle of an object, group of objects, people, etc. between the beginning and the end of something 中间的；中央的；居中的；正中的 only before noun Pens are kept in the middle drawer. 钢笔在中间那个抽屉里。 She's the middle child of three. 三个孩子，她是老二。 He was very successful in his middle forties. 他在四十五六岁时很成功。 a middle-sized room 中等大小的房间 the middle-income groups in society 社会中等收入阶层 Idiom: (steer, take, etc.) a middle course; (find, etc.) a/the middle way (to take/find) a course of action that is a compromise between two extreme positions （走）中间路线；（取）中庸之道
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