Nearness
['nɪrnɪs]
解释:
(noun.) the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance; 'the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action'.
塞西尔编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective.
整理:桑娅
例句:
- There is something even awful in the nearness it brings. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- But tonight every fibre in her body shrank from Lily's nearness: it was torture to listen to her breathing, and feel the sheet stir with it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- The nearness of this place to London was such, as to take away the idea of painful separation, when we quitted Raymond and Perdita. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Its nearness was such that, notwithstanding its actual smallness, its glow infinitely transcended theirs. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- For such summer dreams it was too late; but surely not for a quiet harvest of friendship, of comradeship, in the blessed hush of her nearness. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- They looked at each other and laughed, frightened by this naked nearness of isolation. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The stir of the pulses which his nearness always caused was increased by a slight sense of constraint. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Even the civil war that had begun in the British colonies in America did not rouse him to the nearness of what we now call Democracy. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- She stayed on partly for the comfort of Gerty Farish's nearness, and partly for lack of knowing where to go. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Their eyes met, and for a second she trembled again with the nearness of the temptation. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
校对:鲁本