صيغ مركبة:
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in the middle adv | (in the centre) | في الوسط |
| The area in the middle is called the bull's eye. |
in the middle adv | (inside) | في الوسط، في الداخل |
| This pastry has custard in the middle. |
in the middle of [sth] prep | (at the centre of) | في وسط شيء |
| The Temple of Confucius is in the middle of the city. |
in the middle of [sth] prep | (time period) | في منتصف شيء |
| Audrey was awoken by a noise in the middle of the night. |
| استيقظت أودري على صوت قويّ في منتصف الليل. |
in the middle of [sth] prep | (among) | وسط، بين |
| In the middle of the skyscrapers stood one tiny house. |
in the middle of [sth] prep | (still involved in) | وسط شيء |
| We were in the middle of an argument when the phone rang. |
in the middle of doing [sth] prep | (still doing) | ما زال، يكون منهمكًا في شيء |
| I can't talk to you now. I'm in the middle of fixing dinner. |
in the middle of nowhere expr | figurative (in an insignificant place) | في وسط المجهول |
| Richard lived out in the middle of nowhere. |
lower middle class n | (income class) | الطبقة المتوسطة الدنيا |
lower middle-class n as adj | (of income class) (مضاف إليه) | الطبقةِ المتوسطةِ الدنيا |
middle age n | (mature years: 50s) | منتصف العمر |
| When Ray reached middle age, he knew he needed to do something to get his body in shape. |
the Middle Ages npl | (medieval period) | العصور الوسطى، القرون الوسطى |
| Most European societies were feudal during the Middle Ages. |
middle C n | (music: central note on piano) (في الموسيقى) | نغمة دو الوسطى |
| The music teacher played middle C so the choir could begin on key. |
middle child n | ([sb] with older and younger siblings) | ابن أوسط، ولد أوسط |
| Roy was the middle child; he had an older brother and a younger sister. |
middle class n | (educated, well-off people) | الطبقة الوسطى |
| Their son is very rebellious and rejects the values of the middle class. |
middle class n | (between low and high income) | الطبقة الوسطى |
| With hard work, their family rose up from the working class to the more comfortable middle class. |
middle class, middle-class adj | (educated and well off) | من الطبقة الوسطى |
ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| She comes from a very nice middle class family. |
middle distance n | (track racing distance) (في سباقات العدو) | مسافة متوسطة |
middle distance n | (art: space) (بين الأمامية والخلفية للصورة) | الوسطيّة |
middle ear n | (middle portion of the ear) (الجزء الأوسط من الأذن) | الأذن الوسطى |
Middle East, also US: Mideast n | (eastern Mediterranean region) | الشرق الأوسط |
| Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East. |
Middle East, also US: Mideast n as adj | (relating to the Middle East) (مضاف إليه) | الشرقِ الأوسط |
| | في الشرق الأوسط |
| | شرق أوسطي |
| They were arguing about the country's Middle East policy. |
Middle Eastern, Middle-Eastern adj | (of or from the Middle East) | شرق أوسطي |
| Middle Eastern cuisine is one of the healthiest on earth. |
Middle Eastern, Middle-Eastern adj | (Eastern Mediterranean) | شرق أوسطي |
| Sumac is a Middle Eastern spice made from ground berries. |
Middle English | (linguistics) | الإنجليزية الوسطى |
middle finger n | (longest finger) | الوسطى، الإصبع الأوسط |
| The middle finger is between the index finger and the ring finger. |
| To "give someone the bird" is to extend your middle finger in an obscene gesture. |
| الوسطى هو الإصبع بين السَّبَّابَة والبِنصِر. |
middle ground n | (compromise) | تسوية، حل وسط |
| He wants a city break whereas I want a beach holiday, so we will have to find some middle ground. |
middle initial n | (first letter of middle name) | الحرف الأول من الاسم الأوسط |
| My brother and I have different middle initials: his full initials are MJK and mine are MSK. |
middle management | (echelon of administration) (في السلّم الإداري) | الإدارة الوسطى |
middle name n | (second or additional given name) | الاسم الأوسط |
| I never use my middle name. |
| His first name was Michael, but everyone called him by his middle name, John. |
middle of the road, middle-of-the-road adj | informal, figurative (average, mediocre) | متوسط، وسطيّ |
ملاحظة: Hyphens are used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun |
| The band abandoned their experimental tendencies for a middle-of-the-road sound in an effort to sell more records. |
middle of the road, middle-of-the-road adj | informal, figurative (politics: not extreme) | معتدل |
| His politics then were very middle of the road; they became radical later. |
middle of the road n | (centre of a street) | وسط الطريق |
| The child froze in the middle of the road as the car sped towards him. |
middle passage | (part of the Atlantic) | رحلات نقل العبيد عبر الأطلسي |
middle school n | US (junior high) | مدرسة إعدادية، مدرسة متوسطة |
| Parental support plays a vital role in helping preteens and teens succeed in middle school. |
middle school n | UK (school for ages 9-13) | مدرسة إعدادية، مدرسة متوسطة |
| My 11-year-old son is at middle school. |
middle term | (logic) (في المنطق) | الحدّ الأوسط |
middle-age spread n | (bodily change) | سمنة وسط الجسم في منتصف العمر |
middle-aged adj | (in mature adulthood) | متوسط العمر |
| The keenest internet shoppers are middle-aged men and women. |
| أكثر المتسوّقين عبر الإنترنت هم نساء ورجال متوسطو العمر. |
middle-class standards npl | (benchmarks of socioeconomic class) | معايير الطبقة المتوسطة |
Middle-earth n | (fictional place) (مكان خياليّ) | الأرض الوسطى |
ملاحظة: The setting for "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings", and other works by English writer J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973). |
middle-income adj | (middle-class) | متوسط الدخل |
middle-size, medium-size n as adj | (of medium dimensions) | متوسط الحجم |
| | متوسط المقاس |
midsized, middle-sized adj | (of medium dimensions) | متوسط الحجم |
| | متوسط المقاس |
piggy in the middle n | UK (ball game) | لعبة رمي الكرة فوق شخص في الوسط |
smack in the middle adv | informal (right in the centre) | في الوسط تمامًا |
| The golfer's shot landed smack in the middle of the lake. |
split [sth] down the middle v expr | figurative (divide in half) (نصفين) | يقسم شيئًا |
the middle of nowhere n | figurative (remote place) (مكان ناءٍ) | وسط المجهول |
the upper middle class n | (wealthy, highly-educated people) | الطبقة المتوسطة الميسورة |
| Paying college tuitions nowadays can be difficult even for families in the upper middle class. |
upper-middle-class n as adj | (wealthy) | من الطبقة الوسطى الميسورة |
| Her upper-middle-class
parents sent her to the best schools. |