middle

真ん中、中央

物の両端や左右から同じくらい離れた場所。

やさしい英語で： The place halfway between the sides or ends of something.

• Stand in the middle.
• She cut the rope down the middle.
• A car stopped in the middle of the road.

使い方： middle of something (Put the bowl in the middle of the table.)

類義語： centre, midpoint

反対語： edge

よく使う表現： in the middle, middle of something, down the middle, exact middle

途中、半ば

ある期間や活動の始まりと終わりの間の部分。

やさしい英語で： The part of a period or activity between its beginning and end.

• I woke up in the middle of the night.
• The story becomes exciting near the middle.
• She left in the middle of our conversation.

使い方： middle of something (The phone rang in the middle of the lesson.)

類義語： midpoint

よく使う表現： middle of something, in the middle, towards the middle

中央の、真ん中の

他の物の間や、両端から同じくらい離れた所にある。

やさしい英語で： Between other things, or halfway between the sides or ends of something.

• Put it on the middle shelf.
• She is the middle child of three.
• The middle seats were already taken.

類義語： central

反対語： outer

よく使う表現： middle seat, middle child, middle shelf