middling的意思

middling

英式音标['mɪdlɪŋ]
美式英标['mɪd(ə)lɪŋ]

基本解释

n. 中级品

adj. 中等的；第二流的

adv. 中等

v. 把…放在中间（middle的ing形式）

中文词源

middling 中间的

来自middle,中间的，-ing,形容词后缀。

英文词源

middling (adj.): 1540s, from Scottish mydlyn (mid-15c.), from middle + suffix -ing. Used to designate the second of three grades of goods. As an adverb by 1719.

实用例句

1. The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.: 直到1963年，甲壳虫乐队还只是半红不紫。

2. a golfer of middling talent: 能力一般的高尔夫球手

3. The dinner was middling.: 饭菜还过得去.

4. Her hair was short and of a middling brown colour.: 她一头短发,呈淡棕色.

5. There were some " middling - great " New Hampshire men in the early days of the republic.: 共和国初期新罕布什尔倒是出现过一些 “ 中不溜的伟大 ” 人物.

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