a.[B]
    
      - 中部的,中間的![]() They sat in the  middle row. 他們坐在中間一排。 
- 中等的,中級的![]() He was a man of  middle height. 他是中等個子。 
- (大寫)中古的
n.[C]
    
      - 中部,中途;中央[the S]![]() I was in the  middle of my work when he called. 他打電話來的時候,我正在忙。 It is already the  middle of summer. 現在已是仲夏了。 
- 【口】(人體的)腰部
vt.
    
      - 把……放在中間;把……對摺
vi.
    
      - 放在中間;對摺
 
  片語
  
    in the middle of
    
      - 在……當中![]() She came  in the middle of the day. 她在中午的時候來了。 
knock sb. into the middle of next week
    
      - 把某人打得不省人事![]() His father often  knocked him into the middle of next week. 他父親以前常常揍他揍得很慘。 
 
  辨析
  
 
  adj.
  - at an equal distance from the extremities of something; central. ▸(of a member of a group or series) placed so as to have the same number of members on each side: ![]()  he was in his middle forties. 
▸intermediate in rank, quality, or ability. 
- Grammar  denoting a voice of verbs in some languages, such as Greek, which expresses reciprocal or reflexive action.
n.
   - a middle point or position.
- informal a person's waist and stomach.
- Grammar  a middle form or voice of a verb.
v.
 (in cricket, tennis, etc.) strike (the ball) with the middle of the bat, racket, or club.
Phrase
  
    
      - in the middle of
 in the process of.
 
  Etymology
  OE middel, of W. Gmc origin; rel. to mid1.