球場中段那塊地，以及站在那裡的人
兩個意思其實是同一個畫面的兩種看法：先是那塊地，再來是地上的人。
noun · B1
The middle part of the playing area in a game such as football or hockey — the wide band across the centre, away from both goals.
中場（球場中段）
核心畫面
Stand at the side of a football pitch and look at the band of grass across the middle, far from both goals. Nothing is scored there; it is where the ball is carried, passed and fought over on its way somewhere else. That strip is midfield — and because the same few players are always standing on it, the name of the ground has quietly become the name of the people.
可以想成站在足球場邊，看著中間那一帶草皮——離兩邊球門都很遠的那一片。進球不會發生在那裡，那裡是球被帶、被傳、被搶的…更多收起
可以想成站在足球場邊，看著中間那一帶草皮——離兩邊球門都很遠的那一片。進球不會發生在那裡，那裡是球被帶、被傳、被搶的地方，是前往別處的路上。這片草皮就是 midfield。而因為長年站在那裡的永遠是那幾個人，這塊地的名字就慢慢也變成了那群人的名字。From the word’s history
From mid- + field: mid- comes down from Old English midd, meaning 'middle', and field is an open piece of ground. The compound means exactly what its parts say — the middle of the field.
這個字由 mid- 加 field 組成。mid- 一路從古英文的 midd 傳下來，意思就是中間；field 指一片開闊的地。所以它的字面意思就是「場地的中段」，跟今天的核心用法完全一致，沒有轉彎。
Wiktionary entry for 'midfield' (etymology supplied in the evidence packet: mid- + field; PIE *médʰyos > Old English midd)
One branch