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GRE 红宝书

• n. 媒介; ( 细菌等) 生存环境
• ［英］ n. 媒介 ( something intermediate) ; ( 细菌等) 生存环境 ( any surrounding or pervading substance in which bodies exist or move)
• ［记］ medi ( 中间) +um -> 中间物, 媒介

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural mediums or media)

• Etymology: Latin, from neuter of medius middle — more at mid
• Date: 1593
• 1.
  • a. something in a middle position
  • b. a middle condition or degree ; mean
• 2. a means of effecting or conveying something: as
  • a.
    • (1) a substance regarded as the means of transmission of a force or effect
    • (2) a surrounding or enveloping substance
    • (3) the tenuous material (as gas and dust) in space that exists outside large agglomerations of matter (as stars) <interstellar medium>
  • b. plural usually media
    • (1) a channel or system of communication, information, or entertainment — compare mass medium
    • (2) a publication or broadcast that carries advertising
    • (3) a mode of artistic expression or communication
    • (4) something (as a magnetic disk) on which information may be stored
  • c. go-between, intermediary
  • d. plural mediums an individual held to be a channel of communication between the earthly world and a world of spirits
  • e. material or technical means of artistic expression
• 3.
  • a. a condition or environment in which something may function or flourish
  • b. plural media
    • (1) a nutrient system for the artificial cultivation of cells or organisms and especially bacteria
    • (2) a fluid or solid in which organic structures are placed (as for preservation or mounting)
  • c. a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter
• Usage: see media

II. adjective

• Date: 1711
• intermediate in quantity, quality, position, size, or degree

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