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单词 midstream
释义
midstream
(mɪdstrm ) also mid-stream
1. uncountable noun [oft in NOUN]
Someone or something that is in midstream is in the middle of a river, where the current is strongest.
Their boat had capsized in midstream.
Midstream is also an adverb.
Some of them got caught midstream by the tide.
2. uncountable noun [oft in NOUN]
If someone who has been doing something such as talking stops or pauses in midstream, they stop doing it, often before continuing.
I was cut off in midstream.
Midstream is also an adverb.
The most difficult thing in a fast game of rugby is to change course midstream.
Idioms:
change horses in midstream
to stop using one system and start using another one, or to stop supporting one person and start supporting someone else.
I think we were very wise not to change horses in midstream.
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