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单词 mids
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midsn.adv.prep.

Brit. /mɪdz/, U.S. /mɪdz/, Scottish English /mɪdz/
Forms: Middle English middez, Middle English mides, Middle English myddez, Middle English mydis, Middle English mydys, Middle English–1500s middys, Middle English–1500s myddes, Middle English–1500s myddis, Middle English–1500s mydds, Middle English–1500s myddys, Middle English–1500s mydes, Middle English–1500s myds, Middle English–1600s middes, Middle English–1600s middis, 1500s–1600s midds, 1500s– mids; Scottish pre-1700 meddes, pre-1700 medis, pre-1700 meids, pre-1700 middes, pre-1700 middesse, pre-1700 middis, pre-1700 middiss, pre-1700 middse, pre-1700 mides, pre-1700 midesse, pre-1700 midis, pre-1700 midiss, pre-1700 myddes, pre-1700 myddis, pre-1700 mydds, pre-1700 myddys, pre-1700 mydis, pre-1700 myds, pre-1700 mydys, pre-1700 myidds, pre-1700 1700s– mids, pre-1700 1700s– midse, pre-1700 1900s– midds, 1900s– midz, 1900s– midze.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mid adj.
Etymology: < mid adj., perhaps after tomids adv., tomids prep.; compare -s suffix1, early forms of amidst adv., prep., and n., and in mids adv. and prep.). Compare also midst n., prep., and adv.It is doubtful whether the following quasi-prepositional use of middes in Old English (also found, in the same context, in the Old English Distichs of Cato) should be regarded as showing continuity with the present word, whose development would in that case be difficult to account for:OE Durham Proverbs (1956) 10 Portio beatitudinis, geþyld byð middes ea[des]. For an apparent compound of this word attested earlier, see mids-world n.
Chiefly Scottish.
A. n.
1. The middle, the middle part or point; the midst. Chiefly in in (the) mids (of). Now Scottish.Usually with reference to space, but occasionally with temporal reference.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre
middleeOE
mideOE
midwardOE
middleheada1325
pointc1330
midsa1382
meanc1390
middleward1431
midstc1450
centrea1500
centrya1535
navel1604
umbilic1607
meditullium1611
half-way1634
umbrila1636
amidst1664
eye1671
umbil1688
omphalos1845
mid-career1911
middle-middle1926
the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > position of being in the midst
middleeOE
mideOE
midsa1382
midst1535
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > [adverb]
amongeOE
imid1340
in (the) mids (of)a1382
midmost1700
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > position of being among > among [preposition]
amongeOE
amidOE
amongst1258
in (the) mids (of)a1382
in the middle ofc1384
amella1400
amidmonga1500
in the midst of1535
in midst (of)a1556
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xvi. 13 Samuel tooc an horn of oyle & enoyntide hym in þe myddes of þe breþeren of hym.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. ii. 184 (MED) Thus fals and fauel fareth forth togideres, And Mede in þe myddes.
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 5192 (MED) Crist sal sytte..Onence þe myddes of erth.
1449 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1830) II. p. lv (MED) The beames shullen be in brede atte myddes xij inches.
c1480 (a1400) St. Christopher 14 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 340 Of his lyf al þe begynnynge, & þe mydis, & als þe endynge.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xv. 167 Syne with his baneris hardely [The] myddis of the toune he tais.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 1 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 95 In ye myddis of may.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. I A spyder that is in the myddes of her webbe.
1536 R. Beerley Let. in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 35 Sume cum to mattens begenynge at the mydes, and sume when yt ys allmost done.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1548 The walle..of marbill was most fro þe myddes vp.
1544 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 213 In breadythe in the mydds Fyftye and fyve Foote.
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxjv The Priest standing humbly afore the middes of the Altar.
1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Dd4 v Now brighte Hyperion was in middes of skie.
1611 Bible (King James) Luke iv. 30 He passing thorow the mids of them.
1611 Bible (King James) Luke iv. 35 When the deuill had throwen him in the middes . View more context for this quotation
1621 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs (1639) 92 A weight called in Hebrew bekagh, which signifieth cleft or cut in the mids.
a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) xli. 129 A man who knew right well..what it was that did make a mans face to shine in the mids of his own house and in the Congregation.
1683 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. 7 Mar. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) The southmost check of the hall is the just mids of the samyne.
1701 in W. Cramond Church of Aberdour (1896) 47 The Session do appoint a four nooked big stool to be made of an ell high to stand in the mids of the floor.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 6 A burning coal..was ta'en, Frae out the ingle mids.
1824 G. Smith Douglas Travestie 29 Gif hell has ony mids, this is the spot.
1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. xxix. 255 I'm i' the mids' o' cleanin' the shune.
1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sketches 68 Tak' a vizy o' ma knockie here. It stoppit in the mids o' the day.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 211 I' the mids o' Lammas fair.
2. A mean between two extremes; a compromise, a middle course. Cf. midst n. 3. Now Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > compromise > [noun] > instance of
midsc1485
temper?1523
composition1597
temperature1598
temperament1604
medium1719
compromise1797
come-between1877
trade-off1909
wash1976
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) i. 61 Largess quhilk is the myddis betuix prodigalitee and auarice.
1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue xii. sig. Eviv Betuix thir twa extremiteis geue it plesit God that the myddis sulde cum furth: apperandlie it wer ane gret ease.
c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 105 Whare thay conferrit lang with the Lordis upoun the xxj day of Maij for sum articles of peax, bot never concludit any myds [ed. 1804: midds].
c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 111 The Assemblie laboured to take a mids in the mater.
1709 W. Steuart Coll. & Observ. Church Scotl. 244 Temperance is the Golden Mids between Abstinence and Intemperance.
1720 T. Boston Human Nature v. 272 There's a mids betwixt omitting of Duty, and the doing of it, as thou dost it.
1875 W. Alexander Sketches Life among Ain Folk xii. 67 There's a midse i' the sea, ye ken, an' it is not wisse-like to gae sic len'ths.
1921 Kelso Chron. 4 Mar. 2 ‘There's a gude midz,’ as our grandmothers were fond of saying.
1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 7 But I winna sup ower muckle, for in a'thing there's a mids.
3. Scottish. A means of doing or achieving something. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means
keyOE
toolc1000
wherewithc1230
ministerc1380
meanc1390
instrumenta1425
organ?a1425
mesne1447
moyen1449
handlec1450
hackneya1500
receipta1500
operative1526
ingine1531
appliance1555
agent1579
matter1580
mids1581
wedge1581
wherewithal1583
shoeing-horn1587
engine1589
instrumental1598
Roaring Meg1598
procurement1601
organy1605
vehicle1615
vehiculuma1617
executioner1646
facility1652
operatory1660
instrumentality1663
expedient1665
agency1684
bladea1713
mechanic1924
mechanism1924
1581 in T. Thomson Acts & Proc. Kirk of Scotl. (1840) II. 491 He vses the ministrie of men, as ane maist necessarie myddis for this purpose.
1586 in Lett. & Papers Ld. Gray (1835) 117 I may see if some good middis may be takin for the Queens suretie of that realme.
1616 J. Maitland Apol. W. Maitland in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1904) 200 I hoip that my father his dealings sal appeir sincer..& his endis & midis lauful & honest.
1646 R. Baillie Let. Feb. (1841) II. 355 Your debates about the midses mak the end among your hand to be lost.
a1658 J. Durham Expos. Rev. (1680) ii. iv. 129 A sinful midse for attaining an end.
1710 R. Wodrow Corr. (1842) I. 144 This is the midse that is fallen upon at present to prevent rents.
B. adv.
In the middle or midst. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adverb] > in the middle or midst
amidOE
tomidsOE
midwardOE
amidstc1300
in midsc1400
midc1425
midsc1425
in mida1500
midmost1700
amidmost1870
midst1883
midwards1892
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) v. 1982 (MED) In-to an yle, myddes of þe see, We were dryve.
?1435 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 639 Myddys above in ffull riche array, Ther satte a childe.
c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 5197 (MED) And myddys of the soote herbage, Ther be bestys eke savage.
C. prep.
In the middle of. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1061 Þan metis him myddis þe way..A hert.
a1500 Partenay (Trin. Cambr.) 5779 (MED) Thys wonderfull..best Ne but on ey hath middes the forehed.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xviii. 265 To end which two begun (Mids all) a song.

Compounds

C1. attributive. That occupies a central position, middle. Also: (the) middle or midst of (cf. mid adj. 1a). Obsolete.
ΚΠ
a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 2792 (MED) In the middes nek his stroke bote, That his eyen fel out of his heid.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 245/1 Myddes parte of a channell, le fil dune riuiere.
C2.
midsfinger n. Obsolete rare the middle finger.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > middle finger
middle fingereOE
long fingerc1300
longmanc1300
midsfinger1483
mid-finger1644
thimble-finger1796
second finger1860
1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 239 Þe Middis fynger, medius degitus [sic].
midsman n. Obsolete (a) Scottish a mediator, an arbitrator (cf. mid-man n.1); (b) (in Ireland) = middleman n. 9.
ΚΠ
1614 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) II. 459 To be ane good instrument and midsman betuix thame [sc. the craftsmen] and the gild~brether.
1768 A. Ross in Sc. National Dict. (1965) VI. (at cited word) You'll be the midsman, you'll make up the peace.
1802 Ann. Reg. 1801 (Otridge ed.) Hist. Europe 23 What has been the main cause of the wretchedness of the Irish and the Highlanders of Scotland? The midsmen of the former; and the tacksmen of the latter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

midsv.

Brit. /mɪdz/, U.S. /mɪdz/, Scottish English /mɪdz/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: mids n.
Etymology: < mids n.
rare.
1. transitive. To take a middle view of. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > occupy the middle [verb (transitive)]
commoderate1590
mids1681
middle1747
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. i. §41. 177 Tribonian midseth the matter thus.
2. intransitive. Scottish. To cohere.
ΚΠ
1925 R. L. Cassie Gangrel Muse 44 Bit puckles mair [atoms] tae mids are laith, Sea roon they roll.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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