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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

medium ['miːdɪəm]
  1. 1. adjective [+size, height] (average) 中等的
  2. 2. adjective (clothing size) 中码的
  3. 3. noun [c] [of communication] (means) 媒介
  4. 4. noun (substance, material) 传导体
  5. 5. noun (person) 灵媒
    to strike {or} find a happy medium
    找到一种折中办法

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

medium [ 'mɪdɪəm] [ 'mɪːdɪəm]
  1. 1. adjective 中间的中等的适中
  2. 2. adjective 肉烧得中等熟度的
  3. 3. noun 中间中庸适中
  4. 4. noun 中间物媒质介质媒介物传导体
    copper is a good medium for conducting heat
    铜是传热良导体
  5. 5. noun 复数 media,工具手段传播媒介宣传工具
  6. 6. noun 生活条件生存空间环境
  7. 7. noun [生物] 培养基
  8. 8. noun [American English] 巫师;(搞迷信活动的)关亡人
  9. 9. noun 绘画素材绘画技巧;(颜料的)溶液
  10. 10. noun 中号印刷纸(通常指18×23时的印刷用纸)

Collins English-English Dictionary

medium ['miːdɪəm]
  1. 1. adj midway between extremes; average
    a medium size
  2. 2. adj (of a colour) reflecting or transmitting a moderate amount of light - Compare light dark
    a medium red
  3. 3. n an intermediate or middle state, degree, or condition; mean
    the happy medium
  4. 4. n an intervening substance or agency for transmitting or producing an effect; vehicle
    air is a medium for sound
  5. 5. n a means or agency for communicating or diffusing information, news, etc, to the public
    television is a powerful medium
  6. 6. n a person supposedly used as a spiritual intermediary between the dead and the living
  7. 7. n the substance in which specimens of animals and plants are preserved or displayed
  8. 8. n short for culture medium
  9. 9. n [biology] the substance or surroundings in which an organism naturally lives or grows
  10. 10. n [art] the category of a work of art, as determined by its materials and methods of production
    the medium of wood engraving
  11. 11. n the materials used in a work of art
  12. 12. n any solvent in which pigments are mixed and thinned
  13. 13. n any one of various sizes of writing or printing paper, esp 181/2 by 231/2 inches or 171/2 by 22 inches (small medium)
  14. 14. n See also mediums
  15. 15. n [Etymology] C16: from Latin: neuter singular of medius middle

Examples

an axenic culture medium
无菌培养基 axenic
copper is a good medium for conducting heat
铜是传热的良导体 medium
We need to cut our print medium advertising costs.
我们需要减少印刷宣传媒介的广告费用。 advertising
He is of medium build.
他中等体格。 build
of average/medium height
平均/中等高度 height
to strike {or} find a happy medium
找到一种折中办法 medium
a medium size medium
a medium red medium
the happy medium medium
air is a medium for sound medium

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