midfieldn.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdˈfiːld/,

/ˈmɪdfiːld/, U.S.

/ˈmɪdˈfild/

Forms: see mid adj. and field n.¹

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Probably partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: mid adj., field n.¹; midfielder n.

Etymology: < mid adj. + field n.¹ In sense A. 3a probably shortened < midfielder n.

A. n.

1. The middle of a field (in any sense). Now chiefly poetic.

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c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 955 And metes him in þe myd-fild.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xiii. 181 Þe dictator..come on þe myd feild of sabynis..with his Oist of futemen.

1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age ii. sig. C4^v King Ptelera..with a fresh supply Takes vp the mid-field.

1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xi. 218 Now past the Tomb where ancient Ilus lay, Thro' the mid Field the routed urge their way.

1871 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell (1874) iv. iii. 383 As fair a stroke as overthrew Between our ranks and the English in mid field Lord Rivers' brother.

1892 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. (1909) 186 Into the telescope's illumined ken Swam..a noble orb, And paused in mid-field of the mighty tube!

1897 Badminton Mag. 4 422 They [sc. rooks] quickly shift their position to safer quarters in mid-field.

1949 R. Moore Grasshopper's Man 16 In bed they wait, fast; While the big laborer riding in mid-field harrows.

1979 T. Hughes Moortown Diary (1989) 21 They'd as soon be in midfield suffering The twenty-mile snow gale of unprotection.

2. Sport, esp. Association Football and American Football. The middle of the field of play. Frequently in in midfield.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions

wing-back1734

goalkeeper1789

outfielder1855

quarter1857

centre fielder1865

outfield1867

quarterback1867

right1867

centre1868

left wing1871

left-back1873

left half-back1873

centre forward1874

left-centre1877

right-centre1877

centre back1878

centre half-back1879

forward1879

back1880

right wing1880

right half-back1881

goaltender1882

right-winger1882

wing1882

centre half1884

left winger1884

inside1886

half1887

custodian1888

left half1888

midfielder1888

left wing1889

right half1889

centreman1890

midfield1890

outside right1890

outfieldsman1891

goalie1894

winger1896

infield1897

inside forward1897

inside right1897

outside forward1897

outside1898

outside left1900

rearguard1904

pivot1911

wing-man1942

keeper1957

link1958

linkman1963

midfield1976

1890 Speaker 4 Oct. 376/2 Now the voices half die away as the reporters are noting some..‘uneventful play in mid-field’.

1901 Essex Weekly News 29 Mar. 8/3 Woodford were the smarter team in mid-field, but they did not equal Chelmsford in front of goal.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 12/2 C. Lyle shot well, but was very slow in midfield.

1956 Times 16 Apr. 13/1 Haynes, in spite of the presence of Evans in mid-field, showed himself one of the very few inside forwards in the British Isles with a spark of true genius.

1973 Liverpool Echo (Football ed.) 17 Mar. 18/1 With Hughes pushing them forward with some strong play in mid-field, Liverpool hit back.

1994 Sports Illustr. 4 July 17/1 Sorber had stepped in and played steadily at midfield with the more adventurous Tom Dooley.

3. Sport (esp. Association Football).

a. A person who plays a game in a midfield position; = midfielder n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions

wing-back1734

goalkeeper1789

outfielder1855

quarter1857

centre fielder1865

outfield1867

quarterback1867

right1867

centre1868

left wing1871

left-back1873

left half-back1873

centre forward1874

left-centre1877

right-centre1877

centre back1878

centre half-back1879

forward1879

back1880

right wing1880

right half-back1881

goaltender1882

right-winger1882

wing1882

centre half1884

left winger1884

inside1886

half1887

custodian1888

left half1888

midfielder1888

left wing1889

right half1889

centreman1890

midfield1890

outside right1890

outfieldsman1891

goalie1894

winger1896

infield1897

inside forward1897

inside right1897

outside forward1897

outside1898

outside left1900

rearguard1904

pivot1911

wing-man1942

keeper1957

link1958

linkman1963

midfield1976

1976 A. Nickolds & S. Hey ‘Foul’ Bk. Football i. 13 United still failed to respond to a crying need for a full-back, a centre-half, a mid-field.

1977 Irish Press 29 Sept. 13/5 It will be interesting to see if Down persist with the third midfield, a plan which worked admirably against Offaly in the semi-final replay.

1991 Football Today (BNC) Feb. Bill Foulkes..has former Old Trafford striker Scott McGarie and ex-Manchester City midfield Tony Hendry in his squad.

b. With plural agreement. A team's midfield players collectively.

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1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Mar. d4 The mainstay of last year's midfield, Macken, may not return.

1989 Viz Dec. 32 Our midfield are certainly providing plenty of ammunition.

1996 Lacrosse Talk Nov. 14/1 Coach Murphy has brought Paul over on a four-year scholarship to run the team's midfield.

B. adv.

In the middle of a field; in midfield.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [adverb] > part of playing area

onside1871

midfield1883

upfield1951

infield1959

onsides1962

1883 D. Wingate Poems & Songs 44 A vision I saw in the broad daylight, At the furrow's end afar, And I stopped my team mid-field to gaze.

a1917 E. Thomas Coll. Poems (1979) 51 The shade That three squat oaks mid-field together made Upon a circle of grass and weed uncut.

1968 Listener 7 Nov. 625/3 I was aware..that Gilzean would be playing mid-field: I knew my Spurs.

1984 T. Hughes Coll. Animal Poems (1995) II. 38 You see him sitting mid-field Always doing nothing. Listening to tangled tales by mole and by bee.

1989 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 26 Nov. 111/3 Miss Amazer, after settling midfield, gained a miracle run in the closing stages to beat Gold Mace (5-1) by a neck.

C. adj. (attributive).

Chiefly Sport (esp. Association Football). Positioned or situated in the middle of a field or the midfield; of or relating to the midfield.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [adjective] > part of playing area

midfield1896

open field1905

upfield1960

1896 Bootle Times 18 Jan. 3/1 Midfield play ensued.

1932 Daily Tel. 19 Mar. 17/2 I can see him jinking his way past our mid-field players.

1960 Times 30 Nov. 3/6 Certainly they had no penetrative midfield player.

1974 Guardian 19 Aug. 16/3 The painstaking midfield play of Kendall and Campbell.

1983 Sports Laws (Diagram Group) 218 Each team consists of 10 players: a goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfield players, and three attackers.

1995 J. Peck Selva Morale 79 And then I was following midfield grasses, where they parted over a mouse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	midfield
释义	midfieldn.adv.adj. Brit. /ˌmɪdˈfiːld/, /ˈmɪdfiːld/, U.S. /ˈmɪdˈfild/ Forms: see mid adj. and field n.¹ Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Probably partly formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: mid adj., field n.¹; midfielder n. Etymology: < mid adj. + field n.¹ In sense A. 3a probably shortened < midfielder n. A. n. 1. The middle of a field (in any sense). Now chiefly poetic. ΚΠ c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 955 And metes him in þe myd-fild. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xiii. 181 Þe dictator..come on þe myd feild of sabynis..with his Oist of futemen. 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age ii. sig. C4^v King Ptelera..with a fresh supply Takes vp the mid-field. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xi. 218 Now past the Tomb where ancient Ilus lay, Thro' the mid Field the routed urge their way. 1871 A. C. Swinburne Bothwell (1874) iv. iii. 383 As fair a stroke as overthrew Between our ranks and the English in mid field Lord Rivers' brother. 1892 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. (1909) 186 Into the telescope's illumined ken Swam..a noble orb, And paused in mid-field of the mighty tube! 1897 Badminton Mag. 4 422 They [sc. rooks] quickly shift their position to safer quarters in mid-field. 1949 R. Moore Grasshopper's Man 16 In bed they wait, fast; While the big laborer riding in mid-field harrows. 1979 T. Hughes Moortown Diary (1989) 21 They'd as soon be in midfield suffering The twenty-mile snow gale of unprotection. 2. Sport, esp. Association Football and American Football. The middle of the field of play. Frequently in in midfield. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions wing-back1734 goalkeeper1789 outfielder1855 quarter1857 centre fielder1865 outfield1867 quarterback1867 right1867 centre1868 left wing1871 left-back1873 left half-back1873 centre forward1874 left-centre1877 right-centre1877 centre back1878 centre half-back1879 forward1879 back1880 right wing1880 right half-back1881 goaltender1882 right-winger1882 wing1882 centre half1884 left winger1884 inside1886 half1887 custodian1888 left half1888 midfielder1888 left wing1889 right half1889 centreman1890 midfield1890 outside right1890 outfieldsman1891 goalie1894 winger1896 infield1897 inside forward1897 inside right1897 outside forward1897 outside1898 outside left1900 rearguard1904 pivot1911 wing-man1942 keeper1957 link1958 linkman1963 midfield1976 1890 Speaker 4 Oct. 376/2 Now the voices half die away as the reporters are noting some..‘uneventful play in mid-field’. 1901 Essex Weekly News 29 Mar. 8/3 Woodford were the smarter team in mid-field, but they did not equal Chelmsford in front of goal. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 12/2 C. Lyle shot well, but was very slow in midfield. 1956 Times 16 Apr. 13/1 Haynes, in spite of the presence of Evans in mid-field, showed himself one of the very few inside forwards in the British Isles with a spark of true genius. 1973 Liverpool Echo (Football ed.) 17 Mar. 18/1 With Hughes pushing them forward with some strong play in mid-field, Liverpool hit back. 1994 Sports Illustr. 4 July 17/1 Sorber had stepped in and played steadily at midfield with the more adventurous Tom Dooley. 3. Sport (esp. Association Football). a. A person who plays a game in a midfield position; = midfielder n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > players or positions wing-back1734 goalkeeper1789 outfielder1855 quarter1857 centre fielder1865 outfield1867 quarterback1867 right1867 centre1868 left wing1871 left-back1873 left half-back1873 centre forward1874 left-centre1877 right-centre1877 centre back1878 centre half-back1879 forward1879 back1880 right wing1880 right half-back1881 goaltender1882 right-winger1882 wing1882 centre half1884 left winger1884 inside1886 half1887 custodian1888 left half1888 midfielder1888 left wing1889 right half1889 centreman1890 midfield1890 outside right1890 outfieldsman1891 goalie1894 winger1896 infield1897 inside forward1897 inside right1897 outside forward1897 outside1898 outside left1900 rearguard1904 pivot1911 wing-man1942 keeper1957 link1958 linkman1963 midfield1976 1976 A. Nickolds & S. Hey ‘Foul’ Bk. Football i. 13 United still failed to respond to a crying need for a full-back, a centre-half, a mid-field. 1977 Irish Press 29 Sept. 13/5 It will be interesting to see if Down persist with the third midfield, a plan which worked admirably against Offaly in the semi-final replay. 1991 Football Today (BNC) Feb. Bill Foulkes..has former Old Trafford striker Scott McGarie and ex-Manchester City midfield Tony Hendry in his squad. b. With plural agreement. A team's midfield players collectively. ΚΠ 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Mar. d4 The mainstay of last year's midfield, Macken, may not return. 1989 Viz Dec. 32 Our midfield are certainly providing plenty of ammunition. 1996 Lacrosse Talk Nov. 14/1 Coach Murphy has brought Paul over on a four-year scholarship to run the team's midfield. B. adv. In the middle of a field; in midfield. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [adverb] > part of playing area onside1871 midfield1883 upfield1951 infield1959 onsides1962 1883 D. Wingate Poems & Songs 44 A vision I saw in the broad daylight, At the furrow's end afar, And I stopped my team mid-field to gaze. a1917 E. Thomas Coll. Poems (1979) 51 The shade That three squat oaks mid-field together made Upon a circle of grass and weed uncut. 1968 Listener 7 Nov. 625/3 I was aware..that Gilzean would be playing mid-field: I knew my Spurs. 1984 T. Hughes Coll. Animal Poems (1995) II. 38 You see him sitting mid-field Always doing nothing. Listening to tangled tales by mole and by bee. 1989 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 26 Nov. 111/3 Miss Amazer, after settling midfield, gained a miracle run in the closing stages to beat Gold Mace (5-1) by a neck. C. adj. (attributive). Chiefly Sport (esp. Association Football). Positioned or situated in the middle of a field or the midfield; of or relating to the midfield. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [adjective] > part of playing area midfield1896 open field1905 upfield1960 1896 Bootle Times 18 Jan. 3/1 Midfield play ensued. 1932 Daily Tel. 19 Mar. 17/2 I can see him jinking his way past our mid-field players. 1960 Times 30 Nov. 3/6 Certainly they had no penetrative midfield player. 1974 Guardian 19 Aug. 16/3 The painstaking midfield play of Kendall and Campbell. 1983 Sports Laws (Diagram Group) 218 Each team consists of 10 players: a goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfield players, and three attackers. 1995 J. Peck Selva Morale 79 And then I was following midfield grasses, where they parted over a mouse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adv.adj.c1450
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