释义 |
midstreammid‧stream /ˌmɪdˈstriːm◂/ noun [uncountable]  - Another group felt that it was inadvisable to change horses in midstream.
- From midstream he sent her a sweet, desperate smile.
- He took Deianira on his back and in midstream insulted her.
- The paper claimed that most businessmen believed that it was a bad idea to change horses in midstream.
- Why not use some of that money to get started with a low dam-and then switch horses in midstream?
- With a shriek from her whistle, the little craft swung out into midstream and shot into the rapids under the bridge.
► in midstream- The employees found it difficult to adjust to changes in midstream.
1in midstream when something has started and is still happening: They had to drop the experiment in midstream. He interrupted the official in midstream (=while the official was still speaking).2the middle part of a riverin midstream The boat had anchored in midstream.—midstream adverb |