| 单词 | medium |
| 释义 | medium /'mbdiam; 'midiam/ n (pl ~s or media /'mi: dia; 'midis/) 1 that by which sth is expressed: 媒介; 另法; 手段： Commercial television is a ~ for advertising. 商业电视是一种广吿媒介。 Vacant positions can be made known through the ~ of the press, by putting announcements in newspapers. 职位空缺可借报纸公诸大众(即在报端刊登广吿)。 Oil paints and water colours are ~s for th creation of works of art. 油画颜料和水彩鬲料是艺术创作的媒介。 → also mass(2). 2 middle quality or degree. 中庸; 适度。 the happy ~, avoidance of extremes, eg by being neither very lax nor very severe in maintaining discipline. 中庸之道(如维持纪律时不宽也不严)。 3 (pl often 复数常作 media) substance, surroundings, in which sth exists or through which sth moves: 借以生存之物或环境; 媒介物; 传导体; 介质： Air is the ~ of sound. 空气是传声的媒介物。 4 person who acts as a go-between, esp in spiritualism; person who claims to be able to receive messages from the spirits of the dead, 中间人; (尤指) 关亡人; 通灵之人。 adj coming halfway between; not extreme: 中庸的; 中等的; 普通的： a man of ~ height; 中等身材的人; a ~-sized firm; 中型规模的公司; ~ bonds, maturing in a period between 15 and 20 years; 十五至二十年到期的债券; the ~ income group, those who have incomes between high and low. 中等收入的人们。 ' ~ wave, (radio telegraphy) one having a length of from 100 to 1000 metres. (无线电报)中波(波长为 100 至 1000 公尺)。 |
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