单词 | midst |
释义 | midst I. 1. < 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 midst — Collier's Year Book > 2. < 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. < 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. < 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 Synonyms: see center II. 1. archaic 2. III. < heads down the harbor midst the cheers — Helen Henley > |
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