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ADJ
中等的;中間的;中號的
If something is of medium size, it is neither large nor small, but approximately half way between the two.
例句
A medium dose produces severe nausea within hours...
中等劑量幾小時之內會引發嚴重的惡心。
He was of medium height with blond hair and light blue eyes.
他中等身材，金發碧眼。
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ADJ
中間的;平均的
You use medium to describe something which is average in degree or amount, or approximately half way along a scale between two extremes.
例句
Foods that contain only medium levels of sodium are bread, cakes, milk, butter and margarine.
含鈉量僅為中等水平的食物有面包、蛋糕、牛奶、黃油和人造黃油。
...a sweetish, medium-strength beer.
中度甜啤酒
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COMB in COLOUR
(顏色)不深不淺的，適中的
If something is of a medium colour, it is neither light nor dark, but approximately half way between the two.
例句
Andrea has medium brown hair, grey eyes and very pale skin...
安德烈婭有著深淺適中的棕發、灰色的眼睛和十分白皙的皮膚。
When violet is added to the medium blue a particularly striking, warm coloration is created.
在中藍色中加入藍紫色就形成了一種格外鮮艷奪目的暖色。
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N-COUNT
(表現)方式;(交流)手段
A medium is a way or means of expressing your ideas or of communicating with people.
例句
In Sierra Leone, English is used as the medium of instruction for all primary education...
在塞拉利昂，基礎教育階段全部用英語授課。
But Artaud was increasingly dissatisfied with film as a medium.
但是阿爾托對電影這種表現方式越來越不滿。
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N-COUNT
媒介;介質;媒介物
A medium is a substance or material which is used for a particular purpose or in order to produce a particular effect.
例句
Blood is the medium in which oxygen is carried to all parts of the body...
血液是將氧氣輸送到人體各個部位的媒介。
Hyatt has found a way of creating these qualities using the more permanent medium of oil paint.
海厄特已經找到產生這些特性的方法，那就是利用油彩這種更加持久的材料。
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(自稱能夠在死者與生者之間傳遞信息的)巫師，靈媒
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.
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PHRASE
中庸之道;折中辦法
If you strike or find a happy medium between two extreme and opposite courses of action, you find a sensible way of behaving that is somewhere between the two extremes.
例句
I still aim to strike a happy medium between producing football that's worth watching and getting results...
我仍致力于打造這樣一種球風——既具觀賞性，又能得分，兩全其美。
It's very difficult to strike a happy medium and make it right for everybody.
找到皆大歡喜的折中辦法頗有難度。