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单词 midway
释义 mid·way
I. \ˈmidˌwā\ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English midweg, from midd, midde mid + weg way — more at mid, way
1. obsolete : the middle of the way or distance
 < paths indirect, or in the midway faint — John Milton >
2. archaic : a middle way or course
 < all good things keep the midway of the eternal deep — R.W.Emerson >
3. [from the Midway (Plaisance), a section of a park in Chicago which became the site of the amusement section of the Columbian Exposition of 1893]
 a. : an avenue or area at a fair, exposition, carnival, or amusement park along which or in which are concessions for exhibitions of curiosities, games of chance, scenes from foreign life, merry-go-rounds and other rides, and other light amusements
 b. : the amusements in a midway that constitute one of the divisions into which the attractions of a fair, exposition, or amusement park are grouped
 c. : the buildings, tents, enclosures, and other structures in a midway with the exhibits and amusement devices contained in them
4. : a place (as a street or highway) likened to a midway on account of bright lights (as of advertising signs) or of the nature of the places of business or amusement along its course
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adverb
: in the middle of the way or distance : halfway
 < midway between reform and revolution — John Strachey >
 < midway up the mountain — Rafael Sabatini >
 < stopped midway for a light meal >
III. adjective
1.
 a. : occupying an intermediate position : situated between those parts or those things or beings of the same class that are at or near the extremes
  < the midway air — Shakespeare >
 b. : being in the middle of the way or distance
2. : intermediate between extremes
IV. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ preposition
1. : in the middle of : about halfway along
2. : about halfway between
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