medium

1. ADJ If something is of medium size, it is neither large nor small, but approximately halfway between the two. 中等的

A medium dose produces severe nausea within hours. 中等劑量會在幾小時內引起嚴重的惡心。

2. ADJ You use medium to describe something that is average in degree or amount, or approximately halfway along a scale between two extremes. 中等程度的

Foods that contain only medium levels of sodium are bread, cakes, milk, butter, and margarine. 含鈉量僅爲中等水平的食物有麪包、蛋糕、牛嬭、黃油和人造黃油。

3. ADV Medium is also an adverb. 中等程度地[ADV adj]

Toast by stirring in a medium-hot skillet for a few minutes. 在中溫的長柄平鍋裡攪拌烤焙幾分鍾。

4. COMB in COLOR If something is of a medium colour, it is neither light nor dark, but approximately halfway between the two. (顔色) 中度的

Andrea has medium brown hair, grey eyes, and very pale skin. 安德烈婭有著中褐色的頭發、灰色的眼睛和非常蒼白的皮膚。

5. N-COUNT A medium is a way or means of expressing your ideas or of communicating with people. 表現方式; 交流手段

In Sierra Leone, English is used as the medium of instruction for all primary education. 在塞拉利昂，所有基礎教育都用英語授課。

6. N-COUNT A medium is a substance or material which is used for a particular purpose or in order to produce a particular effect. 媒介物

Blood is the medium in which oxygen is carried to all parts of the body. 血液是把氧氣輸送到身躰各部分的媒介。

7. N-COUNT A medium is a person who claims to be able to contact and speak to people who are dead, and to pass messages between them and people who are still alive. 霛媒 (自稱能夠在死者與生者之間傳遞信息的人)

Bruce Willis says he has been talking to his dead brother through a medium. 佈魯斯·威利斯說他一直在通過一位霛媒和他死去的兄弟交談。

8. →see also media