amidst

介词 prep.
中文释义
英 /aˈmɪdst/|/əˈmɪtst/    美 /aˈmɪdst/|/əˈmɪtst/

英文释义

介词 prep.
  1. In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
    — Be a philosopher ; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.

词形变化

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词源

From amids + -t (excrescent), from amid + -s (genitive). By surface analysis, amid + -st (excrescent). Root amid from Middle English amidde, amiddes, on midden, from Old English on middan (“in the middle”), from midd (“central”) (English mid).
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