1.(place to rest on journey)旅行中途停留地
2.(halfway point)(进程的)中间点, 中间阶段
3.(for rehabilitation)(为出狱者、已出院精神病人等设立的)重返社会训练所, 过渡所
4.a halfway house between sth and sth<英>(compromise between sth and sth)介于…和…之间的事物；…和…的折中
This book is a kind of halfway house between a biography and a political diary.这本书介于传记和政治日记之间。
a halfway house between fixed and floating exchange rates固定汇率和浮动汇率之间的折中