middle distance
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌmiddle ˈdistance noun the middle distance MIDDLEthe part of a picture or view that is between the nearest part and the part that is furthest away 〔图画或视野的前景和背景之间的〕中景 She just stood there gazing into the middle distance. 她只是站在那里注视着不远处。
Examples from the Corpus
middle distance• Captain Samphan was walking fast across the road in the middle distance, ordering some of the troops into the paddy field.• His father pushed back his chair and stood and leaned back against the sink, looking into the middle distance.• Half the folks gazing placidly into the middle distance were too stoned to blink.• Clayt drew up his shoulders and stared into the middle distance, as though he were finished.• With glazed eyes he was staring into the middle distance.• Like Querelle, men in tatty soiled uniforms are flexing their muscles, while others stare vacantly into the middle distance.• Trees and grasses Coming to the middle distance, I now encounter trees.ˈmiddle-ˌdistance adjective [only before noun] DSOa middle-distance race is neither very short nor very long, for example 800 or 1,500 metres 〔赛跑〕中距离的〔如800或1,500米〕Examples from the Corpus
middle-distance• Many of his compositions play with the merging of foreground, middle-distance and background details into one overlapping pattern.• Paul Walker added to the Harriers' middle-distance medal tally by grabbing the bronze in the 800 metres.• There is natural resentment when a number of our middle-distance stars spend all their time running abroad.ˌmiddle ˈdistance nounˈmiddle-ˌdistance adjectiveChineseSyllable
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middle distance
ˌmiddle ˈdistance
noun
the middle distance the part of a picture or view that is between the nearest part and the part that is furthest away:
She just stood there gazing into the middle distance.
ˌmiddle ˈdistance
nounthe middle distance the part of a picture or view that is between the nearest part and the part that is furthest away: