middling
美['mɪdlɪŋ] 英['mɪdlɪŋ]
adj. 中等的;普通的;身体尚好的
adv. 普通地;中等地;相当地
n. middlings.
sp. 中等品;次级品;粗面粉
英英释义
Noun- any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
Adjective- lacking exceptional quality or ability;
"a novel of average merit" "only a fair performance of the sonata" "in fair health" "the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average" "the performance was middling at best"
Adverb- to a moderately sufficient extent or degree;
"pretty big" "pretty bad" "jolly decent of him" "the shoes are priced reasonably" "he is fairly clever with computers"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)- He is just a man of middling height.他仅仅是一个中等身材的男子。
- This is really a very middling experience.这真的是很普通的一次体验。
- He says he's only feeling middling today.他说他今天身体还算好。
用作副词(adv.)- It is a middling nice cake.这是一个相当不错的蛋糕。