Compound Forms/Forme composte
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in mid air,
in mid-air adv | (float, hang: above the ground) | a mezz'aria |
| in mid-sentence adv | (halfway through saying [sth]) | a metà frase, a metà della frase avv |
| | I find it very hard to stay focused when you keep interrupting me in mid-sentence. |
| | Non riesco a concentrarmi se continui a interrompermi a metà frase! |
| mid air adv | (in the air) | in volo, a mezz'aria loc avv |
| | Two stunt planes collided mid-air yesterday, but the pilots survived. |
mid-air,
midair adj | (in the air) | in volo |
| | | a mezz'aria |
| | There has been a mid-air collision between two aircraft. |
| mid off n | (cricket position) (cricket: posizione) | mid-off |
| mid off n | ([sb] playing cricket position) (cricket: giocatore) | mid-off nm |
| mid-adult adj | UK (person, life: in 30s) | trentenne agg |
| mid-adult n | (person: in 30s) | trentenne nm |
| mid-adult man n | UK (male: in 30s) (uomo) | trentenne nm |
| mid-adult woman n | UK (female: in 30s) (donna) | trentenne nf |
| mid-Atlantic adj | (US region) | medio Atlantico loc agg |
| mid-Atlantic adj | (in Atlantic Ocean) | medio Atlantico loc agg |
| mid-Atlantic adj | (mixing UK and US behaviour) | tra l'inglese e l'americano loc agg |
| Mid-Atlantic Ridge n | (geography) | Dorsale medio atlantica nf |
| mid-length n | (medium length) | media lunghezza nf |
| mid-length n as adj | (of medium length) | di media lunghezza loc agg |
| mid-ocean ridge n | (submarine mountain) | dorsale oceanica nf |
| mid-priced adj | (moderate in price) | di prezzo medio, di fascia media loc agg |
| mid-range n | (middle of a range) | prodotto di fascia media, articolo di fascia media loc nom |
| mid-range n as adj | (moderately priced) | di fascia media loc agg |
| [sb]'s mid-thirties npl | (age) (età: come sostantivo) | tra i trenta e i quarant'anni loc |
| | | sulla trentina loc nom |
| the mid-thirties npl | (decade: middle of the 1930s) | metà degli anni trenta nf |
midcourse,
mid-course n | (midpoint of flight path) (volo) | metà tragitto nm |
midcourse,
mid-course n as adj | (of midpoint of flight path) (volo) | a metà tragitto loc agg |
midlife,
mid-life n | (middle age) | mezza età nf |
midlife,
mid-life n as adj | (occurring in middle age) | della mezza età, di mezza età loc agg |
midlife crisis,
mid-life crisis n | (psychological condition of middle age) | crisi di mezza età nf |
| | When Joe took up disco dancing in his fifties, his kids put it down to a midlife crisis. |
| | Quando Joe iniziò a frequentare le discoteche all'età di cinquant'anni i suoi figli attribuirono ciò a una crisi di mezza età. |
midline,
mid-line n | (median plane of the body) | linea mediana nf |
| | | midline nm |
midmorning (US),
mid-morning (UK) n | (middle of the morning) | metà mattina, metà mattinata nf |
midmorning (US),
mid-morning (UK) adj | (occuring halfway through morning) | di metà mattina, di metà mattinata loc agg |
midmorning (US),
mid-morning (UK) adj | (halfway through the morning) | di metà mattina, a metà mattina loc agg |
midterm,
mid-term adj | (during term) | di metà mandato loc agg |
| | The results of the mid-term vote surprised everyone. |
| | I risultati delle votazioni di metà mandato hanno sorpreso tutti. |