mid
mid — 介系詞
1. at the centre of a place, activity, or period — especially one that is full of s
在其中
處於活動、事件或人群的中間
at the centre of a place, activity, or period — especially one that is full of strong emotion, noise, or excitement, with things all around you.
The singer walked off stage mid the applause of the cheering audience.
歌手在觀眾的掌聲中走下舞台。
mid + noun phrase (the applause)
A small yellow flower grew mid the cracks of the old stone wall.
一朵小黃花在舊石牆的裂縫中生長。
mid + noun phrase for physical position
Ziad tried to study mid the noise from the construction site next door.
Ziad 試圖在隔壁工地的噪音中讀書。
The lost child stood mid the crowd looking for her mother in the busy market.
走失的小孩站在人群中，在熱鬧的市場裡尋找媽媽。
The team continued their planning mid the storm that was raging outside the window.
團隊在窗外肆虐的暴風雨中繼續規劃工作。
- amid
more common in modern everyday English; interchangeable in most contexts
- among
focuses on being surrounded by countable people or objects rather than events
- in the middle of
neutral register; the most common alternative for everyday use
- surrounded by
emphasises enclosure on all sides rather than temporal position
文法句型
mid + noun phrase
用法筆記
Frequently used in literary or formal writing; in everyday speech, 'amid' or 'in the middle of' are more common. 'Mid' often appears in fixed expressions such as 'mid air' and 'mid sentence'.
常見錯誤
mid — 形容詞
1. located at or near a centre point between the two ends or sides of a place, obje
中間
位於物體或序列的中央位置
located at or near a centre point between the two ends or sides of a place, object, or period.
The mid shelf of the bookcase is where Ada keeps her favourite novels.
書架中間那層是 Ada 放最喜歡的小說的地方。
mid + noun (shelf) for physical position
Kenji lives on the mid floor of a twenty-story apartment building in the city centre.
Kenji 住在市中心一棟二十層公寓大樓的中間樓層。
The mid part of the thriller was slow, but the twist ending surprised everyone.
那部驚悚片的中段有點慢，但結局的轉折讓每個人都很驚訝。
The Osaka Tigers' mid position in the baseball league means they are not close to winning.
大阪虎隊在棒球聯賽中的中段排名意味著他們離冠軍還很遠。
The Watanabe family sat in the mid row to see the stage more clearly.
渡邊一家人坐在中間排，以便更清楚地看到舞台。
文法句型
mid + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used attributively (before a noun). Does not typically appear after a linking verb — we say 'the mid point' not 'the point is mid'. The comparative and superlative forms ('midder' / 'middest') are very rare.
常見錯誤
2. not especially good or bad; ordinary to the point of being unimpressive or medio
普通
品質一般、不特別出色
not especially good or bad; ordinary to the point of being unimpressive or mediocre — often used in casual conversation to express mild disappointment.
The pizza at the new cafe was mid — not worth the forty-minute wait.
新開的那家咖啡店的披薩很普通——不值得等四十分鐘。
be + mid in predicative position
Obi thought the movie was mid and said he would not recommend it to anyone.
Obi 覺得那部電影很普通，說他不會推薦給任何人。
Sofia's performance in the dance competition was mid compared to the other finalists.
和其他決賽選手比起來，Sofia 在舞蹈比賽中的表現平平。
The hotel's breakfast buffet looked amazing but the taste was honestly mid at best.
飯店的自助早餐看起來很驚豔，但說實話味道最多只能算普通。
Niran described the concert as mid, explaining that the band sounded tired that evening.
Niran 形容那場演唱會很普通，說樂團那天晚上聽起來很疲倦。
- excellent
far above average in quality
- outstanding
noticeably superior
文法句型
be mid
feel mid
look mid
用法筆記
This sense is informal slang, very common among younger speakers on social media. Avoid in academic or professional writing. When used predicatively ('the food was mid'), it carries a dismissive tone similar to 'meh' or 'just okay'.
常見錯誤
3. describing a vowel sound made with the tongue positioned at a middle height in t
中元音
舌頭位於口腔中間高度發出的母音
describing a vowel sound made with the tongue positioned at a middle height in the mouth — neither high (like /iː/ as in 'see') nor low (like /æ/ as in 'cat').
The vowel sound at the start of 'ago' is a mid central vowel called the schwa.
「ago」開頭的母音是一個叫做混元音的中央中元音。
mid + vowel for linguistic classification
Élise drew a vowel chart in her phonetics class and saw that /e/ in 'bed' is a mid front vowel.
Élise 在語音課上畫了一張母音圖，發現「bed」裡面的 /e/ 音是一個前中元音。
English has several mid vowel sounds that can be hard for beginner learners to hear and copy.
英語有幾個中元音，初學者可能不容易聽出來或模仿。
The difference between a high and a mid vowel depends on where you place your tongue in your mouth.
高元音和中元音的差別在於舌頭在口腔中的位置高低。
文法句型
mid + vowel / sound
用法筆記
Used almost exclusively in phonetics and language teaching. The main mid vowels in English are /ə/ (schwa), /ɜː/ (as in 'nurse'), /e/ (as in 'dress'), and /ɔː/ (as in 'thought').
常見錯誤
mid — 字首
1. added to the beginning of a word to mean 'the middle of' a period of time, a pla
中
加在詞前表示時間或位置的中點
added to the beginning of a word to mean 'the middle of' a period of time, a place, or a sequence — used in common compound words like 'midnight', 'midweek', and 'mid-air'.
Mira works a shift that starts at midnight and ends at six in the morning.
Mira 的班次從午夜開始，到清晨六點結束。
mid- + night for time
The mid-autumn festival is widely celebrated by families across several East Asian countries.
中秋節是東亞幾個國家的家庭會共同慶祝的重要節日。
Kabir's town is expected to reach fifty thousand people by mid-century.
Kabir 住的小鎮預計在本世紀中葉達到五萬人口。
Zayd took his midterm exams in October and passed all of them with high marks.
Zayd 在十月參加了期中考，而且全部以高分通過。
The island is lovely in mid-summer when the sun shines warm all day.
這座島在盛夏時節非常迷人，陽光溫暖地照耀一整天。
文法句型
mid- + noun
mid- + adjective
用法筆記
The prefix 'mid-' combines freely with time words (midnight, midday, midweek, midyear, mid-century), position words (mid-air, mid-stream), and event words (mid-course, mid-game, mid-sentence). Most compounds are written with a hyphen, though some common ones (midnight, midday, midterm) are written as single words.