详细释义
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not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances;
"near neighbors"
"in the near future"
"they are near equals"
"his nearest approach to success"
"a very near thing"
"a near hit by the bomb"
"she was near tears"
"she was close to tears"
"had a close call"
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being on the left side;
"the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"
"the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
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near in time or place or relationship;
"as the wedding day drew near"
"stood near the door"
"don't shoot until they come near"
"getting near to the true explanation"
"her mother is always near"
"The end draws nigh"
"the bullet didn't come close"
"don't get too close to the fire"
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(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but;
"the job is (just) about done"
"the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"
"we're almost finished"
"the car all but ran her down"
"he nearly fainted"
"talked for nigh onto 2 hours"
"the recording is well-nigh perfect"
"virtually all the parties signed the contract"
"I was near exhausted by the run"
"most everyone agrees"
双语例句
- The movie tells that the end of the world is nigh.
这个电影讲的是世界末日快要来了。 - The nigh horse cost me an arm and a leg.
我为左边那匹马花了一大笔钱。 - They've lived in that house for nigh on 30 years.
他们在那所房子里住了差不多30年了。 - The time is drawn nigh.
时间已近。 - The place you're looking for is nigh the building.
你正在找的地方就在大楼的附近。 - The enemies was trying to nigh to the castle.
敌人正试图向城堡靠近。
用法讲解
相关词汇
- virtually 实际上
- almost 几乎
- about 关于
- nearly 几乎
- just about 差不多
- close 关
- near 近的
- approaching 侵入的
- close on 接近
- practically 实际上
- at hand 在手边(在附近...
- coming 来临
- imminent 逼近的
- neighboring 附近的
- contiguous 邻近的
- around 到处
- surrounding 周围的
- most 最多的
- well-nigh 几乎
- all but 几乎
