Midlands

英 [ˈmɪdləndz]

美 [ˈmɪdləndz]

n.  (一国的)中部，中部地区; (尤指)英格兰中部地区

Collins.2 / BNC.7715

牛津词典

noun

• （一国的）中部，中部地区；（尤指）英格兰中部地区
  the central part of a country, especially the central counties of England

柯林斯词典

• N-PROPER-COLL (尤指英格兰的)中部地区
  The Midlandsis the region or area in the central part of a country, in particular the central part of England.
  1. ...an engineering company in the Midlands.
     中部地区的一家工程公司

双语例句

• My speech is now closer to a Midlands accent than it used to be.
  我现在说话比过去更接近于英格兰中部地区的口音。
• Only one in four lost wallets were returned to the West Midlands city but with the money removed.
  在位于西米德兰地区的伯明翰市，只有四分之一的钱包被归还，但其中现金已不翼而飞。
• Esther, from Walsall, an industrial town in the UK's West Midlands region, is one of the country's youngest college freshmen.
  埃丝特，来自英国西米德兰兹郡的工业城市沃尔索尔，已经成为了英国年龄最小的大学生之一。
• Regionally, the single spelling of Mohammed came top of the list for the West Midlands.
  在西米德兰兹郡，Mohammed这种拼写占据了榜首。
• The play is set in a small Midlands village.
  该剧以英国中部一个小村庄为背景。
• Chief Constable Chris Sims of West Midlands police said some were "astonishingly young".
  西米德兰兹郡（WestMidlands）警察局长克里斯•西姆斯（ChrisSims）表示，有些人“年龄小得让人震惊”。
• So for a number of places in the Midlands and the north, the new rail link will make London farther away by travel time.
  因此对很多中部和北部地区城市，新的铁路连线以旅途时间计算反而让伦敦更遥远了。
• The International Trade Team of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the one stop shop about the West Midlands working and trading with South Asia.
  国际贸易的商务部队伯明翰商会和工业是对中西部的工作和贸易与南亚的一站式服务。
• Mohammed ranked 16th nationally for boys, but was the most popular name in the West Midlands.
  Mohammed在全英范围内男孩榜单上排名第16，但在西米德兰兹郡却高居榜首。
• Overnight, some snow fell in Northern Ireland, southern and central Scotland, and parts of the Midlands and the north west of England.
  一夜之间，一些的雪在北爱尔兰，南方和苏格兰中部落下，这些内地的部分和英国的西部北部。