1. 1在……之中、正值(較正式╱文學用法)

    Right in the middle of something, surrounded by it. It's usually used for a situation rather than a physical place — "in the midst of a crisis" means right in the middle of a difficult time. "In our midst" means among us, here with us right now. It's a fairly formal or literary word, more common in writing than in casual talk.

core核心畫面

組成An old form related to "mid," meaning middle.

同家族的字

  • midshares the same root meaning middle

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

midstnoun/mɪdst/

  • 1

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

    • Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
    • At dawn, in the midst of a mist that is both literal and the unformed shifting of thought, he encounters a young fox pup playfully shaking a bone.

midstprep/mɪdst/

  • 1

    rareAmong, in the middle of; amidst.

    • Mildred comes home from work early only to discover her husband, Robert, midst of a lewd affair with their neighbor, Gladys.
    • She puts the period often from his place ; And 'midst the sentence so her accent breaks

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