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

• What is your first child's middle name?
  第一个孩子的名字？
• Well, believe it, because "amazing" is my middle name.
  相信好了，我真的非常了不起。
• Carey and Cannon's daughter did not receive a middle name because the singer herself doesn't have one.
  他们并没有为女儿取中间的名字。因为凯莉自己也没有。
• I went back to my middle name.
  我用回自己的名字了。
• The last name, or surname, must also be considered when choosing a first and middle name.
  取第一和第二个名字的时候（注：美国人除了姓和名之外，有些人还有中间的名字）也要将姓考虑进去。
• N is the abbreviation of her middle name.
  “N”是她中间名字的缩写。
• Obama's middle name comes from his father, who was from kenya.
  奥巴马的中间名侯塞因来自于他的肯尼亚父亲。
• 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。
• His middle name's scrooge.
  他是出名的守财奴。
• 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。