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    Midland means the middle of a country, and in English it most often points at the middle of England — the country around Birmingham, not London, not the North, not the far South West.

    Midland means the middle of a countryMidland意思是一個國家的中部 and in English it most often points at the middle of England在英文裡最常指的是英格蘭中部 the country around Birmingham就是伯明罕周邊那一帶 not London, not the North, not the far South West不是倫敦、不是北部、也不是最南邊的西南部

    As a name it is often an adjective: a Midland accent, the old Midland Railway. For the place itself, people more often say the Midlands, with an s and usually with the. Think of it this way: one Midland county, but the whole region as the Midlands.

    As a name it is often an adjective作為名稱的時候它常常是形容詞 a Midland accent, the old Midland Railway像a Midland accent（中部腔）、the old Midland Railway（老中部鐵路） for the place itself講到那個地方本身 people more often say the Midlands大家比較常說the Midlands with an s and usually with the要加s，而且通常前面加the think of it this way可以這樣想 one Midland county一個Midland郡 but the whole region as the Midlands但整個地區就叫the Midlands

    Though actually, you will also meet Midland as a city name in other countries, such as Midland, Texas; that is just a town called Midland, not “the middle of England”.

    Though actually不過其實 you will also meet Midland as a city name in other countries在別的國家你也會看到Midland當城市名字 such as Midland, Texas像Midland, Texas（德州的Midland市） that is just a town called Midland那只是一個剛好叫Midland的小鎮 not "the middle of England"跟「英格蘭中部」沒關係

    Older writing sometimes uses Midland as a noun for inland country, but will almost always meet it as England’s middle, or as an adjective for things from there.

    Older writing sometimes uses Midland as a noun for inland country早期的文章有時候把Midland當名詞用，指內陸地區 but learners will almost always meet it as England's middle但學習者幾乎都只會遇到它指英格蘭中部的用法 or as an adjective for things from there或是當形容詞，指從那裡來的東西

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組成From Middle English mydlonde: mid- (middle) + land.

同家族的字

  • Midlandsthe usual name for the region; Midland plus the plural -s
  • Midlandera person from the Midlands
  • middlesame mid- piece, meaning in the middle

原始詞典資料27 筆記錄

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Midlandname/ˈmɪdlənd/

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    The loosely-defined region of the United States that is between the North and the South, where Midland American English is spoken.

    • Throughout the Midland and the South, the nucleus of /aw/ is well front of center, [...]
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    The English Midlands.

    • [...] the difficult Southern English found in the Kentish Ayenbite of Inwyt, or even from the Midland of Chaucer's poems.
    • The striking positional variants [...] of Virginia are probably an American innovation, since this feature is not found in Standard British English or the folk speech of the Midland and the south of England, though northern England and Scotland have it to some extent. […] It is worth noting that only two instances of the pronunciation /jɛst/, riming with guest, have been recorded in the New England settlement area (one near Boston, the other near Buffalo), a pronunciation widely used in the English Midland along with /jɪst/, riming with fist. These are the normal derivatives of OE gist, gest...
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    A suburb of Perth in the City of Swan, Western Australia.

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    A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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    A town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.

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    historicalrail-transportrailwaystransportA former railway company in England, the Midland Railway.

    • "... the case of the Midland and the case of the Great Eastern" (his Lordship had been referring to the reasons for special scales). "The case of the Midland we found to be very peculiar, because, unlike most of the other railway companies,..."

Midlandadj

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    From or pertaining to the English Midlands.

    • In the more Midland counties, there are thirteen ; in Staffordshire (Wolverhampton), one; in Warwick (Birmingham), seven; in Nottingham, three; in Leicester, one; and Northampton, one.
    • The obvious inference was that Midland culture found its centre in Lichfield, and that the only claim to distinction which the larger town could make was based on commercial grounds.
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    Relating to the dialect of American English spoken in the Midwest known as Midland American English.

midlandnoun

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    The region of a country not near the borders; the interior.

    • The City of Daejeon: the capital of Choongnam Province in the midland of Korea, now it is expanded to be a Metropolitan City.

midlandadj

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    Resembling or relating to the interior region of a country.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。