of average size, quality, status, etc. （大小、品质、地位等）中间的，普通的，中等的 a golfer of middling talent 能力一般的高尔夫球手 ‘Do you like your coffee weak or strong?’ ‘Oh, middling, please.’ “你喜欢喝淡咖啡还是浓咖啡，”。“哦，请给我中号的，”。
Extra ExamplesThe tax affects 40 million people on middling incomes. 这项税收将影响4 000万的中等收入者。 There was a transfer of wealth from the very rich to the middling rich. 财富从非常富有的人转移到中等富裕的人。
Word Originlate Middle English (originally Scots): probably from mid- + the adverbial suffix -ling.
Idioms
fair to middling
not particularly good or bad 一般水平；不过不失 ‘How are you feeling today?’ ‘Oh, fair to middling.’ “你今天感觉怎么样，”。“哦，还过得去，”。