mid-size
mid-size — 形容詞
1. falling in the middle of a range — bigger than the small ones but smaller than t
中型的
大小介於大與小之間的
falling in the middle of a range — bigger than the small ones but smaller than the large ones, whether it describes a car, a company, or a town.
Min traded her tiny hatchback for a mid-size sedan with more room for the kids.
Min 把她的小型掀背車換成一輛空間更大、能載孩子的中型房車。
mid-size + noun (vehicle); contrast with smaller model
The mid-size firm employs about four hundred people across three quiet offices.
這家中型公司在三間安靜的辦公室裡僱用了大約四百人。
mid-size + company; numeric anchor showing the middle range
Aylin grew up in a mid-size town, too big for one school yet too small for a subway.
Aylin 在一座中型城鎮長大，大到不只一所學校，卻又小到沒有地鐵。
mid-size describing a place, framed between two extremes
A mid-size suitcase fits under most hotel beds but still holds two weeks of clothes.
中型行李箱可以塞進大多數飯店的床底下，卻仍裝得下兩週的衣物。
The bakery uses a mid-size oven, larger than a home one but far smaller than a factory's.
這家麵包店用的是中型烤箱，比家用的大，卻比工廠的小得多。
explicit contrast between smaller and larger options
- mid-size car
- mid-size company
- mid-size town
- mid-size SUV
- medium-sized
the most common everyday equivalent; interchangeable in most cases
- midsize
same word written without the hyphen, common in American business writing
- moderate
stresses 'not extreme' more than physical dimensions; less tied to a size scale
文法句型
mid-size + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used before a noun (a mid-size car), rarely after 'be'. Often pairs with categories that come in graded sizes: vehicles, businesses, towns, rooms, and luggage.