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🔑 me·dium AW BrE /ˈmiːdiəm/NAmE /ˈmiːdiəm/ adjective [usually before noun] (abbreviation M) in the middle between two sizes, amounts, lengths, temperatures, etc. 中等的；中号的 SYN average ◆a medium-size car/business/town 中型汽车/企业；中等城镇◆a man of medium height/build 中等身材的人◆There are three sizes—small, medium and large. 有三种尺寸，分别是小号、中号和大号。◆Cook over a medium heat for 15 minutes. 用中火煮 15 分钟。◆a medium dry white wine 中度干白葡萄酒◆Choose medium to large tomatoes. 挑选个头中等到大个的西红柿。 ●in the ˈlong/ˈshort/ˈmedium termused to describe what will happen a long, short, etc. time in the future 长/短/中期内◆Such a development seems unlikely, at least in the short term (= it will not happen for quite a long time).发生这样的情况看来可能性不大，起码短期之内应当如此。 🔑 me·dium AW BrE /ˈmiːdiəm/NAmE /ˈmiːdiəm/ noun (media BrE /ˈmiːdiə/ NAmE /ˈmiːdiə/ or me·diums) 🔑 a way of communicating information, etc. to people （传播信息的）媒介，手段，方法◆the medium of radio/television 广播/电视媒介◆electronic/audiovisual media 电子/视听媒体◆Television is the modern medium of communication. 电视是现代传媒。◆A T-shirt can be an excellent medium for getting your message across. T 恤衫可以成为一种极好的表达信息的媒介。 HELP The plural in this meaning is usually media. 此义的复数形式通常为 media。 ➡ see also media, mass media 🔑 something that is used for a particular purpose 手段；工具；方法◆English is the medium of instruction (= the language used to teach other subjects). 用英语进行教学。◆Video is a good medium for learning a foreign language. 视频是学习外语的一种好方法。the material or the form that an artist, a writer or a musician uses （文艺创作中使用的）材料，形式◆the medium of paint/poetry/drama 绘画/诗歌/戏剧的表现手法◆Watercolour is his favourite medium. 水彩画是他最喜欢的表现方式。(biology 生物) a substance that sth exists or grows in or that it travels through 介质；培养基；环境◆The bacteria were growing in a sugar medium. 细菌在糖基中生长。 (me·diums) a person who claims to be able to communicate with the spirits of dead people 通灵的人；灵媒；巫师 Easily-confused plural/singular forms bacteria/bacterium, criteria/criterion, data/datum, media/medium, phenomena/phenomenon, strata/stratum ●a/the happy ˈmediumsomething that is in the middle between two choices or two ways of doing sth 折中办法 |