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单词 middle europe
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Middle Europen.

Brit. /mɪdl ˈjʊərəp/, /mɪdl ˈjɔːrəp/, U.S. /ˌmɪd(ə)l ˈjərəp/, /ˌmɪd(ə)l ˈjurəp/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; probably modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: middle adj., proper name Europe.
Etymology: < middle adj. + the name of Europe (see Europe n.), probably after German Mitteleuropa Mitteleuropa n.
A loosely defined region of central northern Europe, extending roughly from Germany in the west to Poland and Hungary in the east.
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Middle Europe1838
Mitteleuropa1916
1838 H. Martineau Western Travel III. 130 The numbers [of blind people] are now declared to be..in Middle Europe, one to every eight hundred.
1878 J. C. Southall Epoch of Mammoth viii. 117 But the evidence seems to be that the remains of the cave-bear have been found with relics of the Neolithic Age in Northern Europe, Middle Europe, and Southern Europe.
1915 A. E. Shipley in K. Gregory First Cuckoo (1978) 98 Our deficiency in leeches is more than compensated by the appalling shortage of sausage-skins in Middle Europe.
1993 E. Bloom & L. Bloom Piozzi Lett. III. 332 The count's son impetuously leaves Bohemia, assumes an alias..wanders through middle Europe, marries Josephine, and has a son Conrad.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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