midstream

Word family adjectivemiddestmidmostmidbandmidlandmidshipmidsizemidtownMidwesternmidnounmidstmidairmidbrainmiddayMideastmidfieldmidfieldermidironmidlandermidlittoralmidnoonmidribmidsectionmidshipmanmidshipmatemidstreammidsummermidtermmidwayMidwestMidwesterneradverbmidships

mid·stream /ˌmɪdˈstriːm◂/ noun [uncountableU]

1 in midstream when something has started and is still happening 在进行中，在中途

They had to drop the experiment in midstream.

他们不得不中途放弃实验。

He interrupted the official in midstream (=while the official was still speaking).

他中途打断了官员的话。

Examples from the Corpus

in midstream• The employees found it difficult to adjust to changes in midstream.

2 the middle part of a river 中流，河流中心

in midstream

The boat had anchored in midstream.

船在河中心抛锚了。

—midstream adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

midstream• From midstream he sent her a sweet, desperate smile.• He took Deianira on his back and in midstream insulted her.• The paper claimed that most businessmen believed that it was a bad idea to change horses in midstream.• Another group felt that it was inadvisable to change horses in midstream.• Why not use some of that money to get started with a low dam-and then switch horses in midstream?• With a shriek from her whistle, the little craft swung out into midstream and shot into the rapids under the bridge.

词汇	midstream
释义	midstream Word family adjectivemiddestmidmostmidbandmidlandmidshipmidsizemidtownMidwesternmidnounmidstmidairmidbrainmiddayMideastmidfieldmidfieldermidironmidlandermidlittoralmidnoonmidribmidsectionmidshipmanmidshipmatemidstreammidsummermidtermmidwayMidwestMidwesterneradverbmidships mid·stream /ˌmɪdˈstriːm◂/ noun [uncountableU] 1 in midstream when something has started and is still happening 在进行中，在中途 They had to drop the experiment in midstream. 他们不得不中途放弃实验。 He interrupted the official in midstream (=while the official was still speaking). 他中途打断了官员的话。 Examples from the Corpus in midstream• The employees found it difficult to adjust to changes in midstream. 2 the middle part of a river 中流，河流中心 in midstream The boat had anchored in midstream. 船在河中心抛锚了。 —midstream adverbadv Examples from the Corpus midstream• From midstream he sent her a sweet, desperate smile.• He took Deianira on his back and in midstream insulted her.• The paper claimed that most businessmen believed that it was a bad idea to change horses in midstream.• Another group felt that it was inadvisable to change horses in midstream.• Why not use some of that money to get started with a low dam-and then switch horses in midstream?• With a shriek from her whistle, the little craft swung out into midstream and shot into the rapids under the bridge.
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