midst
意味
- 中央,まん中
- =amid
例文
Suddenly Nancy screamed in the midst of silence.
静けさの中、ナンシーは突然叫び声をあげた。
He fainted in the midst of his speech.
彼はスピーチの最中に気を失った。
In the midst of this, it is IT that has made great progress.
そうしたなかで急速な進歩を遂げてきたのが、ITである。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English middes, midst, myddest (“middle”), from Old English midde, reshaped in Middle English phrases like in middes (“in the middle”) by analogy with adverbs in -(e)s; also compare Old English on middan, tōmiddes. Forms in -(e)st are probably due to influence of superlatives.