midstream

英 [ˌmɪdˈstriːm]

美 [ˌmɪdˈstriːm]

n.  中流; 河流中心

BNC.34079 / COCA.26797

习惯用语

n.

(in) midstream
• 在进行中；在中途
  in the middle of doing sth; while sth is still happening
• Their conversation was interrupted in midstream by the baby crying.
  他们的谈话被婴儿的啼哭打断了。
change horses in midstream
• 中流换马；中途变卦；中途支持另外的人（或事）
  to change to a different or new activity while you are in the middle of sth else; to change from supporting one person or thing to another

牛津词典

noun

• 中流；河流中心
  the middle part of a river, stream, etc.
  1. We anchored in midstream
     我们在河中心抛锚了。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 中流；河流中心
  Someone or something that isin midstreamis in the middle of a river, where the current is strongest.
  1. Their boat had capsized in midstream.
     他们的船在河中央翻了。
  2. Midstreamis also an adverb.
     
  3. Some of them got caught midstream by the tide.
     他们中的一些人被潮水困在了河中央。
• N-UNCOUNT (事情的)半途，半路，一半
  If someone who has been doing something such as talking stops or pausesin midstream, they stop doing it, often before continuing.
  1. I was cut off in midstream.
     我说到一半时被打断了。
  2. Midstreamis also an adverb.
     
  3. The most difficult thing in a fast game of rugby is to change course midstream.
     在一场快节奏的橄榄球比赛中，最困难的事情就是中途变线。

英英释义

noun

• the middle of a stream

双语例句

• But the surface of the midstream was quite flat, sliding along like a piece of solid matter.
  不过中流的水面平稳极了，像凝固的一块在滑走。
• The boat sailed in midstream.
  船在中流行驶。
• Sensitivity test and regulation idea of Zhijiang-Jiangkou section at the midstream of the Yangtze River
  长江中游枝江-江口河段敏感性试验及整治思路探讨
• He discovered he was being swept southward by the powerful midstream, and pointing himself anew towards the opposite bank, he set to swimming.
  他发现他正被中流的河水抓着迅速向南滑翔着，他赶快对正河岸，努力游着。
• Their boat had capsized in midstream.
  他们的船在河中央翻了。
• He paused midstream to make a slight contribution, as a child does in bathing.
  他在溪中停下，轻轻叫了下，就像小孩洗澡时做的。
• At northern foot on the mountain of the kunlun, all there are jade ores in the upper reaches, the midstream and downstream can find the sub jade.
  在昆仑山北麓，凡上游有玉矿，中下游就可找到子玉。
• In south-central Hunan hengyang, the Xiangjiang midstream.
  衡阳位于湖南省中南部，湘江中游。
• I will change the rules in midstream and put your turn upon another.
  我会中途改变规则，把你的轮流换给其它鹿。
• Don't go changing horses in midstream.
  别在中途更换你的马。