- a way of communicating information, etc. to people（传播信息的）媒介，手段，方法
- the medium of radio/television广播／电视媒介
- electronic/audiovisual media电子／视听媒体
- medium of something The internet is the modern medium of communication.互联网是现代传媒。
- medium for doing something A T-shirt can be an excellent medium for getting your message across.T 恤衫可以成为一种极好的表达信息的媒介。
The plural in this meaning is usually media. see also media, mass mediaExtra Examples- Radio is an important communication medium in many countries.无线电是许多国家的重要通信工具。
- The government communicates through the medium of television.政府通过电视媒介传达信息。
- As a political campaigner he quickly learned to exploit the new medium of radio.作为一名政治活动家，他很快学会了利用新的广播媒体。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- advertising
- broadcast
- communication
- …
preposition- through the medium of
- medium for
phrases- a medium of communication
- a medium of instruction
See full entry - something that is used for a particular purpose手段；工具；方法
- medium of something English is the medium of instruction (= the language used to teach other subjects).用英语进行教学。
- medium for doing something Video is a good medium for learning a foreign language.视频是学习外语的一种好方法。
Extra Examples- The first use of tape as a recording medium was in 1956.磁带第一次被用作记录介质是在1956年。
- She used her novels as a medium for encouraging political debate.她把自己的小说作为鼓励政治辩论的手段。
- She experimented with the blog as a new medium for exploring issues.她尝试把微博作为探究问题的新媒介。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- advertising
- broadcast
- communication
- …
preposition- through the medium of
- medium for
phrases- a medium of communication
- a medium of instruction
See full entry - (computing计算机) the material used for storing computer files, such as on magnetic tape or discs（文艺创作中使用的）材料，形式
- Copy files to and from the device as you would with any other storage medium.像使用任何其他存储介质一样，在设备之间复制文件。
- the material or the form that an artist, a writer or a musician uses（文艺创作中使用的）材料，形式
- the medium of paint/poetry/drama绘画／诗歌／戏剧的表现手法
- Watercolour is his favourite medium.水彩画是他最喜欢的表现方式。
see also mixed mediaExtra Examples- Oil paint is her preferred artistic medium.她偏爱用油画颜料表现艺术。
- The gallery has been committed to the photographic medium for 25 years.这家美术馆 25 年来一直致力于摄影艺术。
Topics Artc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- artistic
- photographic
- mixed media
- …
See full entry - (biology生物) a substance that something exists or grows in or that it travels through介质；培养基；环境
- The bacteria were growing in a sugar medium.细菌在糖基中生长。
(plural mediums)
a person who claims to be able to communicate with the spirits of dead people通灵的人；灵媒；巫师 Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally denoting something intermediate in nature or degree): from Latin, literally ‘middle’, neuter of medius.
Idioms - something that is in the middle between two choices or two ways of doing something折中办法
- She tried to strike a happy medium between making the questions too hard and making them too easy.她试图在让问题变得太难和太容易之间找到一个合适的平衡点。
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