middle name

英 [ˌmɪdl ˈneɪm]

美 [ˌmɪdl ˈneɪm]

n.  中名(名和姓之间的名字)

习惯用语

n.

be sb's middle name
• 是某人的突出个性
  used to say that sb has a lot of a particular quality
• ‘Patience’ is my middle name!
  我的最大特点就是有耐心！

牛津词典

noun

• 中名（名和姓之间的名字）
  a name that comes between your first name and your family name

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 中名(名与姓之间的名字)
  Yourmiddle nameis the name that comes between your first name and your surname.
  1. His middle name is Justin.
     他的中名是贾斯廷。
• N-COUNT 突出的个性；明显的特征
  You can usemiddle namein expressions such as 'discretion was her middle name' and 'his middle name is loyalty' to indicate that someone always behaves with a great deal of a particular quality.
  1. Geniality is my middle name. I rarely write a fierce word about any restaurant.
     与人为善是我最大的特点。我在给饭店写评语时很少用到激烈的言辞。

英英释义

noun

• a name between your first name and your surname

双语例句

• Even apart from this mistake, my middle name is a nuisance.
  即使撇开这个错误不谈，我的中间名也让人厌烦。
• What is your first child's middle name?
  第一个孩子的名字？
• His middle name's scrooge.
  他是出名的守财奴。
• I listened to my friend closely, because deciding my son's middle name was an arduous task for my husband and me.
  我认真倾听了朋友的讲话，因为决定我儿子的中间名对我的丈夫和我来说也是一项繁重的任务。
• Geniality is my middle name. I rarely write a fierce word about any restaurant.
  与人为善是我最大的特点。我在给饭店写评语时很少用到激烈的言辞。
• P.What's his middle name?
  他的中间名字是什么？
• Collaboration isn't your middle name?
  协作不是你的中间名字？
• I prefer to be called by my middle name.
  我喜欢别人叫我的中间名。
• It's that my baby's going to have Emma as her middle name.
  我已经有一个主意了，我的孩子的中间名字就叫艾玛。
• Richard Milhous Nixon used his middle name at his first inauguration, but dropped it at his second.
  尼克松总统在第一次宣誓就职的时候用了他的中间名Milhous，而在连任宣誓的时候却没有用。