• n. 中級(jí)品
• adj. 中等的；第二流的
• adv. 中等
• v. 把…放在中間（middle的ing形式）

來(lái)自middle,中間的，-ing,形容詞后綴。

middling (adj.)

1540s, from Scottish mydlyn (mid-15c.), from middle + suffix -ing. Used to designate the second of three grades of goods. As an adverb by 1719.

1. The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.

直到1963年，甲殼蟲(chóng)樂(lè)隊(duì)還只是半紅不紫。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. a golfer of middling talent

能力一般的高爾夫球手

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. The dinner was middling.

飯菜還過(guò)得去.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. Her hair was short and of a middling brown colour.

她一頭短發(fā),呈淡棕色.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. There were some " middling - great " New Hampshire men in the early days of the republic.

共和國(guó)初期新罕布什爾倒是出現(xiàn)過(guò)一些 “ 中不溜的偉大 ” 人物.

來(lái)自辭典例句