middling

英['mɪdlɪŋ] 美['mɪdlɪŋ]
  • adj. 中等的;普通的;身体尚好的
  • adv. 普通地;中等地;相当地
  • middlings.
  • n. 中等品;次级品;粗面粉
  • midday n.正午;中午
  • midden n.贝冢;堆肥;粪堆;厨房内堆积的垃圾
  • middle adj.中等的;中间的;中期的n.中间vt.放在中间;把...对折
  • middleman n.中间人;经纪人
  • middlesex n.米德尔塞克斯郡(英国英格兰原郡名)
Noun:
  1. any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)

Adjective:
  1. lacking exceptional quality or ability;

    "a novel of average merit"
    "only a fair performance of the sonata"
    "in fair health"
    "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average"
    "the performance was middling at best"

Adverb:
  1. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree;

    "pretty big"
    "pretty bad"
    "jolly decent of him"
    "the shoes are priced reasonably"
    "he is fairly clever with computers"

1. The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.
直到1963年,甲壳虫乐队还只是半红不紫。

来自柯林斯例句

2. a golfer of middling talent
能力一般的高尔夫球手

来自《权威词典》

3. The dinner was middling.
饭菜还过得去.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. Her hair was short and of a middling brown colour.
她一头短发,呈淡棕色.

来自辞典例句

5. There were some " middling - great " New Hampshire men in the early days of the republic.
共和国初期新罕布什尔倒是出现过一些 “ 中不溜的伟大 ” 人物.

来自辞典例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. He is just a man of middling height.
      他仅仅是一个中等身材的男子。
    2. This is really a very middling experience.
      这真的是很普通的一次体验。
    3. He says he's only feeling middling today.
      他说他今天身体还算好。
    用作副词 (adv.)
    1. It is a middling nice cake.
      这是一个相当不错的蛋糕。