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mid-atlantic

/mid-at-lan-tik/US // ˈmɪd ætˈlæn tɪk //

中大西洋,大西洋中部,中大西洋地区,大西洋中部地区

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : using, manifesting, or characterized by a mixture of American and British behavior or speech.

Examples

  • There was Air France Flight 447, which fell into the south Atlantic in 2009.

  • In the mid-afternoon, Ramos and Liu were parked on Tomkins Avenue on a meal break.

  • But with the outbreak of hostilities in mid-2011, all festivities were thrust into the deep freeze.

  • Think of the embarrassing subway platform or mid-office “adjustment” debacles you could avoid!

  • And Asians also showed a shift toward the GOP in the mid-terms.

  • We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.

  • There is still a general tendency in universities on both sides of the Atlantic to treat propaganda as infection.

  • So they often occured mid-paragraph; here they have been moved to a more appropriate place.

  • He had the sun-scorched look of a traveller who has just crossed the Atlantic, and he smiled at Bernard with his honest eyes.

  • It was republished at once in America, and was welcomed as warmly on this side of the Atlantic as on the other.