halfway
意味
- (2点間の)中間の
- 中途はんぱの
- 中途で,中途まで
- ほとんど
例文
Let's meet halfway between your house and mine.
君の家と私の家の中間で落ち合うことにしよう。
He wants to make up and you should meet him halfway.
彼は仲直りしたいと思っている。君も妥協しなくちゃ。
Halfway through the lecture, she began to feel sick.
講義の途中で彼女は吐き気を催した。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweġ (“half-way”), equivalent to half- + way. Compare partway. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (“halfway”), Dutch halfweg (“halfway”), German halbwegs (“halfway”), Danish halvvejs (“halfway”), Swedish halvvägs (“halfway”).