복합형태:
middle | middling |
| in the middle adv | (in the centre) | 중앙에, 한가운데 |
| | The area in the middle is called the bull's eye. |
| in the middle adv | (inside) | 안에, 내부에 |
| | This pastry has custard in the middle. |
| in the middle of [sth] prep | (at the centre of) | ~의 도중에 |
| | | ~의 중앙에 |
| | The Temple of Confucius is in the middle of the city. |
| in the middle of [sth] prep | (time period) | ~ 중에 |
| | Audrey was awoken by a noise in the middle of the night. |
| in the middle of [sth] prep | (among) | ~의 도중에 |
| | | ~의 중앙에 |
| | In the middle of the skyscrapers stood one tiny house. |
| in the middle of [sth] prep | (still involved in) | ~의 도중에 |
| | | ~의 중앙에 |
| | We were in the middle of an argument when the phone rang. |
| in the middle of doing [sth] prep | (still doing) | ~을 하는 중 |
| | | ~을 하는 도중 |
| | 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) | 인적이 드문 곳에 |
| | Richard lived out in the middle of nowhere. |
| middle age n | (mature years: 50s) | 중년 |
| | When Ray reached middle age, he knew he needed to do something to get his body in shape. |
| middle child n | ([sb] with older and younger siblings) | 중간 아이 |
| | Roy was the middle child; he had an older brother and a younger sister. |
| middle class n | (educated, well-off people) | 중산층, 풍족하고 교육 수준이 높은 계층 |
| | Their son is very rebellious and rejects the values of the middle class. |
| middle class n | (between low and high income) | 중산층 |
| | With hard work, their family rose up from the working class to the more comfortable middle class. |
| | 고생 끝에, 그들의 가족은 노동자 계급에서 조금 더 편한 중산층으로 올라갔다. |
middle class,
middle-class adj | (educated and well off) | 중산층의, 풍족하고 교육 수준이 높은 계층의 |
| 참고: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | She comes from a very nice middle class family. |
| middle finger n | (longest finger) | 중지, 가운데 손가락 |
| | 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. |
| middle ground n | (compromise) | 타협점, 타협안, 절충안 명 |
| | He wants a city break whereas I want a beach holiday, so we will have to find some middle ground. |
| | 그는 도시에서 쉬고 싶어하지만 나는 바닷가에 놀러가고 싶어하니 타협점을 찾아야 할거야. |
| middle initial n | (first letter of middle name) | 중간 이름의 첫 알파벳 |
| | My brother and I have different middle initials: his full initials are MJK and mine are MSK. |
| | 형과 나는 중간 이름의 첫 알파벳이 다르다. 형 이름의 약자는 MJK이고 내 이름의 약자는 MSK이다. |
| middle name n | (second or additional given name) | 미들 네임, 중간 이름 |
| | I never use my middle name. |
| | His first name was Michael, but everyone called him by his middle name, John. |
| middle school n | US (junior high) | 중학교 |
| | Parental support plays a vital role in helping preteens and teens succeed in middle school. |
| | 학부모의 지원은 10대 청소년이 성공적인 중학교 생활을 하는 데 중요한 역할을 한다. |
| middle school n | UK (school for ages 9-13) | 중학교 명 |
| | My 11-year-old son is at middle school. |
| middle-aged adj | (in mature adulthood) | 중년인 형 |
| | The keenest internet shoppers are middle-aged men and women. |
| smack in the middle adv | informal (right in the centre) | 한 가운데 |
| | The golfer's shot landed smack in the middle of the lake. |
| the upper middle class n | (wealthy, highly-educated people) | 상위 중산 계급 |
| | Paying college tuitions nowadays can be difficult even for families in the upper middle class. |
| upper-middle-class n as adj | (wealthy) | 중산층의 형 |
| | Her upper-middle-class
parents sent her to the best schools. |