mid-Pacificn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdpəˈsɪfɪk/, U.S.

/ˌmɪdpəˈsɪfɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., Pacific n.²

Etymology: < mid adj. + Pacific n.² With use as adjective compare Pacific adj.²

A. n.

The middle or central region of the Pacific Ocean.

ΚΠ

1870 Putnam's Mag. Apr. 442/1 Many of the islands in mid-Pacific are cooled..by the same movement of waters from the South Pole.

1939 Polit. Sci. Q. 54 6 [America] was laying down interdicts in the mid-Pacific of the same general order that it has invoked on the other shores of the Pacific ever since.

1997 Independent 19 Sept. (Eye section) 30/1 Maritime tropical, warm and moist; formed over the mid-Atlantic and mid-Pacific, and the Indian oceans.

B. adj.

Situated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

ΚΠ

1871 Spectator 19 Aug. 1014/1 Of all God's creatures, the Paris workman seems to us the least adapted for labour on the soil in a mid-Pacific island.

1945 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Feb. 6/7 The Marshalls, the mid-Pacific cluster of coral pileups just above the equator.

1993 Newsweek 25 Jan. a11/2 (advt.) Maui and Hawaii..are floating mid-Pacific paradises in all seasons.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mid-pacific
释义	mid-Pacificn.adj. Brit. /ˌmɪdpəˈsɪfɪk/, U.S. /ˌmɪdpəˈsɪfɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mid adj., Pacific n.² Etymology: < mid adj. + Pacific n.² With use as adjective compare Pacific adj.² A. n. The middle or central region of the Pacific Ocean. ΚΠ 1870 Putnam's Mag. Apr. 442/1 Many of the islands in mid-Pacific are cooled..by the same movement of waters from the South Pole. 1939 Polit. Sci. Q. 54 6 [America] was laying down interdicts in the mid-Pacific of the same general order that it has invoked on the other shores of the Pacific ever since. 1997 Independent 19 Sept. (Eye section) 30/1 Maritime tropical, warm and moist; formed over the mid-Atlantic and mid-Pacific, and the Indian oceans. B. adj. Situated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. ΚΠ 1871 Spectator 19 Aug. 1014/1 Of all God's creatures, the Paris workman seems to us the least adapted for labour on the soil in a mid-Pacific island. 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 14 Feb. 6/7 The Marshalls, the mid-Pacific cluster of coral pileups just above the equator. 1993 Newsweek 25 Jan. a11/2 (advt.) Maui and Hawaii..are floating mid-Pacific paradises in all seasons. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1870
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