medium

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

I.me‧di‧um¹ S3 AC /ˈmiːdiəm/ BrE AmE adjective
1. of middle size, level, or amount:
What size shirt does he wear – small, medium or large?
(of) medium height/length/build
She’s of medium height.
hair of medium length
Fry the onions over a medium heat until they are golden.
medium to large companies
► Use average, not ‘medium’, when you want to say that someone’s level of skill or ability is neither high nor low: students of average ability (NOT students of medium ability)
2. (also medium rare) meat that is medium or medium rare is partly cooked but still slightly pink inside ⇨ rare, well-done
3. medium dry medium dry wine is slightly sweeter than dry wine
4. medium brown/blue etc a colour which is neither light nor dark:
His jacket’s a medium brown colour.
II.medium² AC BrE AmE noun (plural media /-diə/ or mediums) [countable]
1. a way of communicating information and news to people, such as newspapers, television etc ⇨ media:
Advertising is a powerful medium.
2. a way of expressing your ideas, especially as a writer or an artist
medium for
the novel as a medium for satire
the visual media (=painting and films)
3. medium of instruction a language that is used for teaching:
English is still the main medium of instruction in Nigeria.
4. medium of exchange money or other ways of paying for things
5. technical a substance or material in which things grow or exist:
a good growing medium for tomatoes
6. technical a substance through which a force travels
⇨ ↑magnetic media, ⇨ a happy medium at ↑happy(8)
III.medium³ BrE AmE noun (plural mediums) [countable]
someone who claims to have the power to receive messages from dead people

mediumhu

◎	['mi:diəm]
※	danh từ, số nhiều là media
	■	sự trung gian; sự môi giới
		☆	through (by) the medium of
			qua sự môi giới của
	■	phương tiện truyền đạt (phát thanh, truyền hình, ấn loát...)
	■	hoàn cảnh; môi trường
		☆	sound travels through the medium of air
			âm thanh truyền qua môi trường không khí
※	danh từ, số nhiều là mediums
	■	trung dung; điểm chiết trung
		☆	happy medium
			chính sách trung dung, chính sách ôn hoà
		☆	medium between tolerance and intolerance
			cái trung dung giữa tính khoan dung và tính cố chấp
	■	ông đồng bà cốt; đồng cốt
※	tính từ
	■	trung bình, trung, vừa
		☆	medium wave
			(rađiô) làn sóng trung
		☆	medium temperature
			nhiệt độ trung bình

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  average, intermediate, metier, mass medium, spiritualist, sensitive, culture medium