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单词 midst
释义 midst
I. \ˈmidzt, ˈmidst, ˈmitst\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English middest, alteration of middes, back-formation from amiddes amid — more at amid
1. : the interior or central part or point : middle, interior — preceded by the or occasionally a possessive and now usually only in prepositional phrases
 < the trees in the midst of the forest >
 < fine early houses set in the midst of a region of fine farms — American Guide Series: New Hampshire >
 < passing through the midst of some great inland sea — Carl Van Vechten >
 < sooner or later India would seek to wipe out this enclave in its midstCollier's Year Book >
2. : position among the members of a group, company, or society — preceded by the or a possessive and used only in prepositional phrases
 < a visitor in our midst >
 < dangerous criminals in their midst >
 < they saw him in their midst like an avenging Marius — J.A.Froude >
 < why it was he should feel in the midst of all these people so utterly detached and so lonely — Louis Bromfield >
 < missionaries in the midst of the unbelieving — W.H.Whyte >
 < a cluster of three or four villages … in the midst of irrigated rice fields — Francis Kingdon-Ward >
3.
 a. : the condition of being figuratively surrounded
  < grew up in the midst of farm influences — H.W.Wiley >
  or beset
  < nor should he ever forget, in the midst of his problems, that there are large if circumscribed powers that lie within himself — Weston La Barre >
 b. : a period of time approximately about the middle of the duration or embracing all except the extreme beginning and end of the duration (as of an event, state, or action)
  < in the midst of a long reign >
  < the model which he was in the midst of building — Marcia Davenport >
  < in the midst of life we are in death — Book of Com. Prayer >
4. obsolete : a middle course : mean, medium
Synonyms: see center
II. adverb
1. archaic : in the middle place
2. : in the midst
III. preposition
Etymology: probably short for amidst
: in the midst of : amidst
 < heads down the harbor midst the cheers — Helen Henley >
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