单词 | middle-middle |
释义 | > as lemmasmiddle-middle middle-middle n. (a) poetic. rare the very middle or centre; (b) a member of the middle middle class; the middle middle class. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre middleeOE mideOE midwardOE middleheada1325 pointc1330 midsa1382 meanc1390 middleward1431 midstc1450 centrea1500 centrya1535 navel1604 umbilic1607 meditullium1611 half-way1634 umbrila1636 amidst1664 eye1671 umbil1688 omphalos1845 mid-career1911 middle-middle1926 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie > person bourgeois1704 gigman1830 haut bourgeois1846 petit bourgeois1851 petty bourgeois1871 middle-classer1886 middle-middle1926 Middletowner1937 middle1955 bourgie1966 1926 D. H. Lawrence David iii. 21 And only from the middle-middle of all the worlds, where God stirs amid His waters, can strength come to us. 1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences iii. 90 When ‘middle-middles’ become ‘upper-middles’ they..drop middle-class euphemisms. 1993 Guardian 8 Sept. i. 16/8 It was..a gathering of early fed-upniks and..capable of being added to from the ranks of the middle middle, people with a decent prejudice in favour of winning elections. < as lemmas |
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