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

• 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。
• If you have a fairly common name, add your middle name or initial, company, industry, hometown and college.
  如果你姓名很普通，加上你的中间名或字首、公司、企业、家乡和学校。
• Please enter either a first name or middle name in addition to a last name to continue.
  除了姓，也请输入名，才可继续。
• I prefer to be called by my middle name.
  我喜欢别人叫我的中间名。
• Her name is Susan N.Armstrong. N is the abbreviation of her middle name.
  她的名字是苏珊N埃姆斯壮。N是她中间名字的缩写。
• N is the abbreviation of her middle name.
  “N”是她中间名字的缩写。
• Notice how one of the steps adding a middle name is marked as optional.
  注意其中一个步骤添加中间名字是如何被标记为可选的。
• In my case the Greeter custom of favoring the middle name became entrenched, and I have regretted it.
  就我本人而言，对中间名的青睐这一致意者的习惯根深蒂固，我后来后悔了。
• What is your first child's middle name?
  第一个孩子的名字？
• 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。