Medium

['miːdɪəm] or ['midɪəm]

解释:

(noun.) an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication.

(noun.) a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information.

(noun.) (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public.

(noun.) the surrounding environment; 'fish require an aqueous medium'.

(noun.) someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; 'he consulted several mediums'.

(noun.) a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position; 'a happy medium'.

(noun.) an intervening substance through which something is achieved; 'the dissolving medium is called a solvent'.

(noun.) (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed.

(noun.) a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter.

(adj.) (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside .

厄玛编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) That which lies in the middle, or between other things; intervening body or quantity. Hence, specifically: (a) Middle place or degree; mean.

(n.) See Mean.

(n.) The mean or middle term of a syllogism; that by which the extremes are brought into connection.

(n.) A substance through which an effect is transmitted from one thing to another; as, air is the common medium of sound. Hence: The condition upon which any event or action occurs; necessary means of motion or action; that through or by which anything is accomplished, conveyed, or carried on; specifically, in animal magnetism, spiritualism, etc., a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted.

(n.) An average.

(n.) A trade name for printing and writing paper of certain sizes. See Paper.

(n.) The liquid vehicle with which dry colors are ground and prepared for application.

(a.) Having a middle position or degree; mean; intermediate; medial; as, a horse of medium size; a decoction of medium strength.

手打:诺娜

同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Intervening substance.[2]. Means, instrumentality.[3]. Mean average, mean proportion.[4]. (Painting.) Menstruum.[5]. (Logic.) Middle term.

整理:米切尔

同义词及反义词：

[See MEAN]

艾伯特整理

解释:

n. the middle: the middle place or degree: any intervening means instrument or agency: the substance in which bodies exist or through which they move: in spiritualism the person through whom spirits are said to make themselves seen or heard:—pl. Mē′diums or Mē′dia.—adjs. Mē′dium mediocre; Mediumis′tic of or pertaining to spiritualistic mediums.—Circulating medium money passing from hand to hand as coin bank-notes &c.

录入:斯科特