amid
preposition
formaluk/əˈmɪd/us/əˈmɪd/(alsoamidst,uk/əˈmɪdst/us/əˈmɪdst/)C1
in themiddleof orsurroundedby:
在…中间,在…当中;为…环绕On thefloor, amidmoundsofbooks, were twosmallenvelopes.地板上的书堆里有两个小信封。
The newperfumewaslaunchedamidst afanfareofpublicity.这种新香水在一阵大张旗鼓的广告宣传下推出市场。
Synonym
among
- abriefmomentoflevityamid thesolemnproceedings
- Herofficewas anoasisofpeaceandsanityamid thesurroundingchaos.
- Thetownsitsamidgentlehillsanddenseforest.
- Theactorsmadetheirbowsamidgreatapplause.
- Thepresidentcancelledhisvisitamidspeculationthat hishealthwasfailing.
Between
- 'twixt
- (in) between timesidiom
- among
- between
- betwixt
- block
- halfway
- in
- in-between
- inter
- interleave
- intermediate
- interstitial
- intervening
- liminal
- mid
- midst
- partway