middle-distance

adjective
🔊/ˌmɪdl ˈdɪstəns/
🔊/ˌmɪdl ˈdɪstəns/
[only before noun] (sport体育)
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  1. connected with running a race over a distance that is neither very short nor very long(赛跑)中距离的
    • a middle-distance runner (= for example, somebody who runs 800 or 1500 metre races)中距离赛跑选手(如 800 米或 1 500 米跑选手)
    Topics Sports: other sportsb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMiddle-distance is used with these nouns:
    • event
    • runner
    • running
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