middleman
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middle-man /'midlmaen/ noun {pi. -men /-men/)
I
a person or a company that buys goods from the
company that makes them and sells them to sb else 4110l F®; 15 f 8 : Buy direct from the
manufacturer and
cut out the middleman. |b]
jti 0
2 a person who helps to arrange things between people who do not want to
talk directly to each other ^5 A ; 41 |b] A ; ^ % Em intermediary, go- between
.middle
'management noun [u+sing./pl. v.] the people who are in charge of small groups of people
and departments within a business organization but who are not involved in
making important decisions that will affect the whole organization ; 4*l0l
IfSM ► .middle manager noun .middle 'name noun a name that comes between your first name and your family name 4,£
( £fn£feA.l0] ft- ) ITiTTl be sb’s middle ‘name (informal) used to say that sb has a lot of a particular quality A W A lEA
14: ‘Patience’ is my
middle name!
middle-of-the-' road adj. (of people, policies,
etc. A, j$[H#) not extreme;
acceptable to most people 7MW; ^KAIMW; EMI
moderate : a middle-of-the-road newspaper %% A 41 al WXHUft o Their music is very middle-of-the-road. #4(1 W #3AIAM:0 ;
.middle-'ranking
adj. [only before noun] having a responsible job or
position, but not one of the most important 4* MW; 7I&W
'middle school noun 1 (in
children between the ages of about 11 and 14 (
II
IiJ 14 )
4»3A — compare upper
SCHOOL
middle-ware /'midlwea(r);
NAmE -wer/ noun [U]
, {computing if ) software that allows different programs
to work with each other 44bH4, 4'A ( AAA®
middle-weight
/'midlweit/ noun a boxer weighing between
67 and 72.5 kilograms, heavier than a welterweight 67 m 12.5 m
: a middleweight champion 4'jt
the .Middle 'West noun [sing.] =
W,
H ifi W, 41 # W gran moderate, unremarkable : a golfer of middling
talent || fj —W $ A A A IT7T77I see fair adj.
mid-field /'midfiild;
.mid'fiild/ noun [U, C, sing.]
the central part of a sports field; the group of players in this position ( isRjJDW ) ft^r, 4^IAM: He plays (in)
midfield, fife H 41 ^ IA M 0 0 The team’s midfield
looks strong. &y^|$A,W43;ijS#fitllMAo
o a
midfield player 4► mid-field-er /‘midfi:lda(r)/ noun midge /mid3/ noun a small flying insect that lives especially
in damp places and that bites humans and animals
midget /'mid3it/ noun, adj.
mnoun 1 {taboo, offensive) an extremely small
person, who will never grow to a normal size because of a physical problem; a
person suffering from dwarfism M; IA2 (informal) a very small person or animal ft
@7;
/Jvfiffi ( THAmi® )
u adj. [only before noun] very
small
(&mmm) jm&)
'midi system noun {BrE) a sound system
with several parts that fit together into a small space IT ilf B|nj %.
m-,
Mid-lands
/'midlandz/ noun the
K; ■ ( Alt ) ► Mid-land adj.
[only before
noun]
mid-life /mid'laif/ noun [U] the middle part of your life when you are
neither young nor old 43^; 417ArS:
It is
not difficult to take up a new career in midlife. A III
4J¥TF£q$rW>ikA7*£o
o midlife stresses AAAtSW ffiA
.midlife 'crisis noun [usually
sing.] the feelings
of worry, disappointment or lack of confidence that a person may feel in the
middle part of their life 4,7)g7JI { A 4E
mid-night 0-w /'midnait/ noun [U]
112 o’clock
at night ft$.; 7R: They had to leave at
.midnight 'blue (also mid-night especially in NAmE) noun [U] a very dark blue colour ► .midnight
blue adj.
the .midnight 'sun noun [sing.] the sun that you can see in the
middle of the summer near the North and south poles 7&apb () 'mid-point noun [usually
sing.] the point
that is at an equal distance between the beginning and the end of sth; the
point that is at an equal distance between two things 4,A; IE A A: the
mid-point of the decade ftft M 4^ W 04 H 0 At its mid-point, the race
had no clear winner. MB&T&frM-*-4^041® JfeftB.ft0
0 the mid-point between the first number and the last AffcTnUSJa “
, mid-' range adj. [only before
noun] (especially
of a product for sale WRrm)
neither the best nor
the
worst that is available 4,X§ W; A&SHW:
a midrange computer 4Iif44iJ®
mid-riff /'midrif/ noun the middle part of the body between the chest and
the waist m ; ft A: a bare midriff
mid-ship-man /'midJTpman/ noun {pi. -men /-man/) a person training to be an officer in the navy
Midshipman
Paul Brooks
. mid-'sized (also ,mid-1 size) (both especially NAmE) adj. of
average size, neither large nor small 4IA W;
AW
midst /midst/ noun (formal) (used after a preposition ^ ft ft ii
M) the middle part of sth ft ; 4> |W| H77I middle : Such
beauty was unexpected in the midst of the city. A43^W^#WHf:SITU in the midst of sth/of doing sth while sth is happening or being
done; while you are doing sth ^ Aa country in the midst of a recession
jib. 4;^3tl4'WS^
0 She discovered it in the midst of sorting out her father’s things.
MTtuo in their/our/its/your midst (formal) among or with them/us/it/you ■ ■ ■ 41 |a]; • • • - : There
is a
traitor in our midst. 4£jn43l0]^fyN&l£o mid-stream /.mid'striim/ noun [u] the middle
part of a river, stream, etc. A #rL; MI 4 :
We anchored in
midstream |lc'fn;A’M4,Jll'ti^i7o
iTTTTni (in) midstream in the middle of doing sth; while sth is
still happening 41; Their
conversation was interrupted
in midstream by the baby crying. Ml A XT 7 o — more at change v. mid-sum mer /,mid'SAma(r)/ noun [U] the
middle of summer, especially the period in June in northern parts of the world,
in December in southern parts j4 3C, 41 * ( m^^ + -Al0T ) : amid-
summer evening
Midsummer’s Day (BrE) (also Midsummer Day
NAmE,
BrE) noun 24 June, in
northern parts of the world 6M24B )
mid-term /.mid'taim; NAmE -'t3:rm/ adj. [only before noun] 1 in the middle of the period that a
government, a council, etc. is elected for ( ft $] ) 41 M
W : midterm