midstream

noun

1. 中流；河流中心
   the middle part of a river, stream, etc.
   1. We anchored in midstream
      我们在河中心抛锚了。

1. N-UNCOUNT 中流；河流中心
   Someone or something that is in midstream is in the middle of a river, where the current is strongest.
   1. Their boat had capsized in midstream.
      他们的船在河中央翻了。
   2. Midstream is also an adverb.
      
   3. Some of them got caught midstream by the tide.
      他们中的一些人被潮水困在了河中央。
2. N-UNCOUNT (事情的)半途，半路，一半
   If someone who has been doing something such as talking stops or pauses in midstream, they stop doing it, often before continuing.
   1. I was cut off in midstream.
      我说到一半时被打断了。
   2. Midstream is also an adverb.
      
   3. The most difficult thing in a fast game of rugby is to change course midstream.
      在一场快节奏的橄榄球比赛中，最困难的事情就是中途变线。

1. Their boat had capsized in midstream.
   他们的船在河中央翻了。
2. I was cut off in midstream.
   我说到一半时被打断了。
3. The boat floated rapidly in midstream.
   船在中流飞快地漂行。
4. The boat sailed in midstream.
   船在中流行驶。
5. Within the industry, different parts of oil companies are descried as sections of a river: upstream, midstream and downstream.
   在石油行业，通常按照河流区域的划分，将石油公司划分为上游、中游和下游。
6. Helen wrote several books. The most famous ones are the story of my life and midstream: my later life.
   海伦写了几本书，其中最著名的是《我的一生》和《我的后半生》。
7. The company, which is already the largest midstream player in North America with 80,000 miles of oil and gas pipelines, plans to bring all its publicly traded units under one roof.
   该公司已是北美最大中游企业，拥有8万英里的油气管道。金德摩根计划将其所有公开上市交易公司合并为一家公司。
8. The US shale boom has vastly increased demand for infrastructure to bring new oil and gas supplies to market, benefiting midstream companies that own and operate pipelines and other facilities.
   美国页岩热潮大大提高了对于将油气供应带向市场的基础设施的需求，有利于那些拥有并经营管道及其他设施的中游企业。
9. The speaker stops in midstream, cough, then start up again.
   演讲人中途停下来咳嗽，然后又继续讲。
10. Differences of changes in potential evaporation and its factors over the upstream, midstream and downstream regions the Heihe Basin
    黑河流域上中下游潜在蒸散发变化及其影响因素的差异
11. I will change the rules in midstream and put your turn upon another.
    我会中途改变规则，把你的轮流换给其它鹿。
12. Don't go changing horses in midstream.
    别在中途更换你的马。
13. Dynamic change of landscape and its driving forces in midstream of Heihe mainstream basin after water redistribution
    分水后黑河干流中游地区景观动态变化及驱动力
14. Midstream and downstream processors of raw materials will bear the brunt of higher costs.
    中下游原材料加工企业将首当其冲感受到本上涨带来的冲击。
15. At northern foot on the mountain of the kunlun, all there are jade ores in the upper reaches, the midstream and downstream can find the sub jade.
    在昆仑山北麓，凡上游有玉矿，中下游就可找到子玉。
16. Their conversation was interrupted in midstream by the baby crying.
    他们的谈话被婴儿的啼哭打断了。
17. He paused midstream to make a slight contribution, as a child does in bathing.
    他在溪中停下，轻轻叫了下，就像小孩洗澡时做的。
18. But the surface of the midstream was quite flat, sliding along like a piece of solid matter.
    不过中流的水面平稳极了，像凝固的一块在滑走。
19. He unlocked the boat and they were soon in midstream.
    他解开船索，过了一会儿他们便到了河流中央。
20. He focused his attention again on swimming, and now he caught sight of the midstream.
    他全神贯注地游着，这时，他看见了河的中流。
21. As you've started your English course, you should stick to it-it isn't wise to change horses in midstream.
    既然你已经开始学英语，你就应该坚持一中途换马并不明智。
22. He discovered he was being swept southward by the powerful midstream, and pointing himself anew towards the opposite bank, he set to swimming.
    他发现他正被中流的河水抓着迅速向南滑翔着，他赶快对正河岸，努力游着。
23. Don't change horses in midstream.
    不要中途换马。
24. The chairman had just launched into this speech when the lights went out and stopped him in midstream.
    董事长刚开始发言，灯就灭了，打断了他的发言。
25. In south-central Hunan hengyang, the Xiangjiang midstream.
    衡阳位于湖南省中南部，湘江中游。
26. Another piece of advice is, do not change horses in midstream.
    另一条建议是，不要在中途改变马匹。
27. Sensitivity test and regulation idea of Zhijiang-Jiangkou section at the midstream of the Yangtze River
    长江中游枝江-江口河段敏感性试验及整治思路探讨
28. The Arab revolutions of 2011 are in midstream.
    2011年的阿拉伯革命正行至中途。
29. My summer vacation lives at the happiness with deliberate the midstream silently.
    我的暑假生活在快乐和悄悄的思索中流逝。
30. It is very serious and important, why do you change horses in midstream.
    这是十分严肃而又重要的事。你为什么中途改变计划了？

n.

(in) midstream

• 在进行中；在中途
  in the middle of doing sth; while sth is still happening
  1. Their conversation was interrupted in midstream by the baby crying.
     他们的谈话被婴儿的啼哭打断了。

change horses in midstream

• 中流换马；中途变卦；中途支持另外的人（或事）
  to change to a different or new activity while you are in the middle of sth else; to change from supporting one person or thing to another

noun

1. the middle of a stream