midwayとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /mɪdweɪ/

名詞

midway (複数形 midways)

1. The middle; the midst.
2. A middle way or manner; a mean or middle course between extremes.
   • c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]:

     Prayes, and distroyes the prayer, no midway
     Twixt these extreames at all.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 10”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     Paths indirect, or in the midway faint.

3. (US) The part of a fair or circus where rides, entertainments, and booths are concentrated.
4. (US) The widest aisle in the middle of an industrial complex (such as railroad shops または a coach yard) along which various buildings are aligned

同意語

• (middle): See also Thesaurus:midpoint

形容詞

midway (comparative more midway, superlative most midway)

1. Being in the middle of the way or distance; middle.

副詞

midway (not comparable)

1. Halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points
   • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     It shell-shocked the home crowd, who quickly demanded a response, which came midway through the half and in emphatic fashion.