单词 | mid-position |
释义 | > as lemmasmid-position mid-position n. a position in the middle of something, an intermediate position. ΚΠ 1874 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 506 To assume that the low-narrow [ē] was first widened, and then raised to the mid position, would be to ignore the fundamental laws of short vowel change. 1888 J. Rose Mod. Machine-shop Pract. II. xxxvii. 379/1 As the eccentric is in mid-position (e being equi~distant from B and D), the valve will be in mid-position. 1953 L. T. C. Rolt Railway Adventure iv. 106 We succeeded after some difficulty in..locking the valve in mid-position. 1957 R. W. Zandvoort Handbk. Eng. Gram. (new ed.) vi. 251 Mid-position of an adverb is apt to entail a brief pause between the adverb and the object. 1984 Which? Aug. 362/1 This has a mid position allowing flow both to the radiators and hot water supply. < as lemmas |
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