Midstream
n. 河流正中, 中流
📖 牛津释义
midstream
n[U]
1 part of a stream, river, etc half-way between its banks 中流
There's a fast current in midstream. 中流的水很急.
2 (idm 习语) change/swap horses in midstream => horse. in midstream in the middle of an action, etc 在进行中
The speaker stopped in midstream, coughed, then started up again. 演讲人中途停下来咳嗽, 然後又继续讲.
🗣️ 情景例句
Hi, Mr. Baker. We met before.
嗨， Baker先生， 我们以前见过面。
I'm sorry. I'm engaged now.
对不起，我现在正忙着。
They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.
他们迅速把食物、火柴、罐装啤酒往一只救生筏上装。然后在加勒比海上划行了几英里，到了一座珊瑚岛上。