单词 | midst |
释义 | midst From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmidstmidst1 /mɪdst/ ●○○ noun1 → in the midst of something2 → in our/their midstExamples from the Corpusmidst• Ruin, when you are in its midst, is hard to gauge.• The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and working in our midst.• The best time to nudge children toward functional writing is when they are in the midst of doing purposeful work.• Here was this skinny man, unafraid, in the midst of all this danger.• In the midst of her burning words her voice broke.• And, into the midst of this crept Jo, trying to escape up to her room without being seen.midstmidst2 preposition old useINCLUDEMIDDLEsurrounded by people or thingsOrigin midst (1400-1500) mids “middle” ((13-19 centuries)), from Old English midde ( → MID-) |
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