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Midlands

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++Mid·lands /ˈmɪdləndz/ noun  the Midlands SGthe central part of England 英格兰中部地区Midland adjectiveMidlander noun [countable]
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MidlandsWest Devon Beef was offered £1.60 a kilo by meat firms in Somerset and the Midlands.Miss Scrine conceived her campaign whilst attending an archaeological conference in the Midlands.I by contrast contrived to leave my grammar school in the Midlands without A levels.And detectives arrested the farm labourer at dawn yesterday at his home in Solihull, West Midlands.Walsall Hospitals trust in the West Midlands has the highest.A similar approach is needed when addressing the problems of car-dependent regions like the West Midlands.
Mid·lands nounChineseSyllable
Corpus part the central England of


Midlands
Midlands /ˈmɪdləndz/ noun
the Midlands the central part of England
—Midland adjective
—Midlander noun [countable]


Mid·landsBrE /ˈmɪdləndz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪdləndz/ 🔊 nounthe Midlands [singular + singular or plural verb] the central part of a country, especially the central counties of England (一国的)中部,中部地区;(尤指)英格兰中部地区 Mid·land BrE /ˈmɪdlənd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪdlənd/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun]