释义
adj.
moderate or average in size, amount, or rank
（大小、量或级别上）中等的；普通的；一般的
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the village contained no poor households but a lot of middling ones. 这村子没有贫困户，但生活水平一般的有很多。
neither very good nor very bad
凑合的；一般的
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he had had a good to middling season. 他度过了一个不特别好但也不坏的赛季。
[predic.]
〈非 正式〉 （人）身体尚好的。
n.
bulk goods of medium grade, especially flour of medium fineness
中档散货（尤指中等精度面粉）。
adv.
〈非 正式，旧〉 中等程度地
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middling rich. 中等富有。
词源
"late Middle English （originally Scots）： probably from