middling

• n. 中级品
• adj. 中等的；第二流的
• adv. 中等
• v. 把…放在中间（middle的ing形式）

来自middle,中间的，-ing,形容词后缀。

middling (adj.)

1540s, from Scottish mydlyn (mid-15c.), from middle + suffix -ing. Used to designate the second of three grades of goods. As an adverb by 1719.

1. The Beatles enjoyed only middling success until 1963.

直到1963年，甲壳虫乐队还只是半红不紫。

来自柯林斯例句

2. a golfer of middling talent

能力一般的高尔夫球手

来自《权威词典》

3. The dinner was middling.

饭菜还过得去.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. Her hair was short and of a middling brown colour.

她一头短发,呈淡棕色.

来自辞典例句

5. There were some " middling - great " New Hampshire men in the early days of the republic.

共和国初期新罕布什尔倒是出现过一些 “ 中不溜的伟大 ” 人物.

来自辞典例句