mid-watern.adj.adv.

Brit.

/mɪdˈwɔːtə/, U.S.

/ˌmɪdˈwɔdər/,

/ˌmɪdˈwɑdər/

Forms: see mid adj. and water n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., water n.

Etymology: < mid adj. + water n.With use as adverb, compare mid-waters adv.

A. n.

1. In singular and plural. The part of a river distant from both banks; the middle of a lake, at a distance from the shore; the open sea.

ΚΠ

a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies (?1599) xi The East winds in Vlisses baggs we [sc. poets] shut, And babbing Tantalus in mid-waters put.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 343 In mid water at thame he askit fraucht.

1800 J. Hurdis Poems (1808) III. 127 The hov'ring flood spreads wide his wings, And..In his mid-waters stand the root-bound files Of wretched willow.

1864 Littell's Living Age 9 Jan. 92/2 Was that his adversary..fighting for his life out there in midwater, with the storm gaining on him?

1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 20 Dec. 780/1 A solitary canoe lying moored in the mid-waters of a great tropic river.

1896 C. G. D. Roberts Earth's Enigmas 45 As he drew near the Perdu there appeared the giant blue heron, dropping to his perch in mid-water.

1965 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 95 118 The Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India), situated in the mid-waters of the Gulf of Bengal.

2. In singular and (rare) in plural. The part of a body of water which is neither near the surface nor near the bottom.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun] > layers of water

mid-water1653

chemocline1937

pycnocline1957

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ix. 183 Letting him [sc. a minnow] swim up and down about mid-water, or a little lower.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxii. 295 Some move in midwater, either by the same motion of the legs as they use in walking, or by strokes, as in swimming.

1854 Littell's Living Age 26 Aug. 414/2 The cephalopod..finally suspends itself in mid water.

1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. 69 Red-spotted trout poised in mid-water.

1938 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 7 121 The older females bury themselves in the..sea-bed..but the males and the young remain between the bottom and mid-water.

1990 New Scientist 3 Nov. 41/1 The sonaghen has..long gill rakers, with which to filter zooplankton from the mid-waters.

B. adj.

Living, occurring, or practised in waters midway between the surface and the bottom.

ΚΠ

1868 Daily Tel. 5 June 5/1 It is the same with herrings, cod, ling, and all the mid-water fish.

1957 E. Le Danois Fishes of World vi. 178 Mid~water, deep-sea fishes.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 353/2 A modern development is the midwater trawl that drags the fishing gear through the water midway between the bottom and the surface.

1994 Outdoor Canada Summer 60/2 Hydroacoustic and midwater trawling surveys of the lake last July showed no dramatic reduction in alewife number.

C. adv.

In the part of a river, etc., furthest from the banks; (also) midway between the surface and bottom of the water. rare.

ΚΠ

a1877 Knight & Shepherd's Daughter in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1886) II. iv. cx. 462 ‘No, thank ye, sir,’ the lady said, ‘I rather chuse to wade’; And afore that he was mid-water, She was at the ither side.

1981 K. A. McClane To hear River 17 I contend with loss while walking where the university falls to the bottomless lake,..and I dream of bodies mid-water.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mid-water
释义	mid-watern.adj.adv. Brit. /mɪdˈwɔːtə/, U.S. /ˌmɪdˈwɔdər/, /ˌmɪdˈwɑdər/ Forms: see mid adj. and water n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., water n. Etymology: < mid adj. + water n.With use as adverb, compare mid-waters adv. A. n. 1. In singular and plural. The part of a river distant from both banks; the middle of a lake, at a distance from the shore; the open sea. ΚΠ a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies (?1599) xi The East winds in Vlisses baggs we [sc. poets] shut, And babbing Tantalus in mid-waters put. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 343 In mid water at thame he askit fraucht. 1800 J. Hurdis Poems (1808) III. 127 The hov'ring flood spreads wide his wings, And..In his mid-waters stand the root-bound files Of wretched willow. 1864 Littell's Living Age 9 Jan. 92/2 Was that his adversary..fighting for his life out there in midwater, with the storm gaining on him? 1873 Appletons' Jrnl. 20 Dec. 780/1 A solitary canoe lying moored in the mid-waters of a great tropic river. 1896 C. G. D. Roberts Earth's Enigmas 45 As he drew near the Perdu there appeared the giant blue heron, dropping to his perch in mid-water. 1965 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 95 118 The Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India), situated in the mid-waters of the Gulf of Bengal. 2. In singular and (rare) in plural. The part of a body of water which is neither near the surface nor near the bottom. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun] > layers of water mid-water1653 chemocline1937 pycnocline1957 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ix. 183 Letting him [sc. a minnow] swim up and down about mid-water, or a little lower. View more context for this quotation 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxii. 295 Some move in midwater, either by the same motion of the legs as they use in walking, or by strokes, as in swimming. 1854 Littell's Living Age 26 Aug. 414/2 The cephalopod..finally suspends itself in mid water. 1905 W. H. Hunt Pre-Raphaelitism I. 69 Red-spotted trout poised in mid-water. 1938 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 7 121 The older females bury themselves in the..sea-bed..but the males and the young remain between the bottom and mid-water. 1990 New Scientist 3 Nov. 41/1 The sonaghen has..long gill rakers, with which to filter zooplankton from the mid-waters. B. adj. Living, occurring, or practised in waters midway between the surface and the bottom. ΚΠ 1868 Daily Tel. 5 June 5/1 It is the same with herrings, cod, ling, and all the mid-water fish. 1957 E. Le Danois Fishes of World vi. 178 Mid~water, deep-sea fishes. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 353/2 A modern development is the midwater trawl that drags the fishing gear through the water midway between the bottom and the surface. 1994 Outdoor Canada Summer 60/2 Hydroacoustic and midwater trawling surveys of the lake last July showed no dramatic reduction in alewife number. C. adv. In the part of a river, etc., furthest from the banks; (also) midway between the surface and bottom of the water. rare. ΚΠ a1877 Knight & Shepherd's Daughter in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1886) II. iv. cx. 462 ‘No, thank ye, sir,’ the lady said, ‘I rather chuse to wade’; And afore that he was mid-water, She was at the ither side. 1981 K. A. McClane To hear River 17 I contend with loss while walking where the university falls to the bottomless lake,..and I dream of bodies mid-water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.adv.a1593
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