mid-air

英式音标：[mɪd eə(r)]

美式音标：[mɪd er]

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概况：

n. 空中

词义：

n.

空中；半空中；

英英释义

mid-air

n.some point in the air; above ground level

同义词：midair

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

She can walk even on a light wire in the air.
她甚至能在空中的钢丝上走路。

This is why it speeds through the air.
这就是为什么它会快速飞入空中的道理。

权威例句

Mid-air pan-and-zoom on wall-sized displays

StrikeAPose: revealing mid-air gestures on public displays

Method for safer mid-air refueling

Soap:a pointing device that works in mid-air

UltraHaptics:multi-point mid-air haptic feedback for touch surfaces

A handle bar metaphor for virtual object manipulation with mid-air interaction

Soap: a pointing device that works in mid-air

Consumed endurance: a metric to quantify arm fatigue of mid-air interactions

StrikeAPose: Revealing mid-air gestures on public displays

ZeroN:mid-air tangible interaction enabled by computer controlled magnetic levitation

英语词源：

mid-air (n.)

also midair, 1660s, from mid + air (n.1). Lit. "the part of the air between the clouds and the air near the ground."

造句：

1. The eagle poised in mid-air ready to swoop on its prey.

那鹰在半空中盘旋准备扑向猎物.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

2. In him again, imperiously, was the desire to talk, to tell; his hands were lifted in mid-air.

他心中重新燃起那个迫切的欲望，想要谈话，想要倾诉；他的两只手举到半空中。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. poised on tiptoe, in mid-air, etc

用足尖、 在半空中...保持平衡

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

4. I say, these people may be called "gentlemen in mid-air".

我说，这些人叫“梁上君子”。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

5. Hanging a Bag in mid-air/holding the wind(feigning madness)

半天空里挂口袋,装风(疯)

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

6. A fiery ball shot up over the rooftops, where it disappeared in mid-air -- a dud.

他听见一声响，一个发光的东西直往天上冲，冲过了屋顶在半空中不见了。

-- 来源 -- 汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26） - jia-15

7. Episodic memories of highly specific, critical ATC situations, such as a near mid-air collision, can persist for years, just as do our episodic memories for critical personal experiences.

非常特殊的、危急的ATC形势，比如一次危险接近，能在经历性记忆中保持很长时间。 就象我们个人发生的危险经历保存在经历性记忆中一样。

-- 来源 -- science - 汉英

8. Flying in mid-air, they want to go back but are unable to because they find their old home, those skins, gone.

他在那个梁上飞，他要回去，那边空了，那几张皮没有了，老家回不去了。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

9. Suspended as they are in mid-air, they have nothing to hang on to above and no solid ground to rest their feet on below.

他在空中飞，上不着天，下不着地。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

10. swinging rings in mid-air

空中吊环(杂技)

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 汉英