| 单词 | halfway point |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalfway point a. That is midway between two points in space or time; situated in the middle, intermediate. Now usually designating an intermediate point in space or time, as in halfway mark, halfway point, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > condition of being mean or average > [adjective] evenc1300 mean1340 middlingc1485 intermediate1665 half-way1694 middle1699 medium1764 average1770 median1912 middle-range1924 the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adjective] > situated in the centre or middle > middle of mideOE middleeOE midwardeOE half-way1694 midmost1807 1644 R. Boothby True Declar. Intollerable Wrongs 10 They so earnestly did presse me with recounting Geooge Pages slow moving, usually drinking hard, or to be drunk at the halfe-way Tree (a baiting place). 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 511. ¶3 He was resting with it upon an half-way Bridge. 1758 S. Thompson Diary (1896) 8 I marched up to ye Lake with 10 men, and came back to the Halfway Brook, and right back to ye Lake again. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvi. 195 My aim was to reach the halfway tent. 1934 L. Charteris Saint Intervenes (1950) viii. 105 There was a half-way refuelling base to be established somewhere in France. 1943 E. Blyton Summer Term at St Clare's (1990) xiv. 99 The term went on, passed the half-way mark, and slipped into full summer. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 21 Jan. b12/1 The race to the scudetto is on in Italy at the halfway point of the Serie A season. < as lemmas |
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