Nigh
[naɪ]
解释:
(superl.) Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
(superl.) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
(a.) In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.
(a.) Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
(v. t. & i.) To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
(prep.) Near to; not remote or distant from.
艾米编辑
同义词及近义词：
a. Near, adjacent, adjoining, contiguous, close by, close, close at hand, bordering upon, not far off, not distant, approximate to, hard by.
ad. Near, nearly.
prep. Near, close to, close by, not far from.
弗恩手打
解释:
adj. near: not distant in place or time: not far off in degree kindred &c.: close.—adv. nearly: almost.—prep. near to: not distant from.—adv. Nigh′ly nearly: within a little.—n. Nigh′ness the state or quality of being nigh: nearness.
编辑:韦斯利
例句:
- Well,' said Mr. Pickwick, as Sam and his companion drew nigh, 'you will see how your health becomes, and think about it meanwhile. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- If the gentleman's servant would wheel along the paths, he could keep nigh us, and we could lift it over the stiles, and that. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- A great bank, half a mile out, nigh the mouth of the bay, breaks the force of the main ocean coming in from the offing. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- I was awful nigh bursting out a laughing though, when it made John stare! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Seeing him draw nigh, burying his broad wheels in the oppressed soil--I, the prostrate votary--felt beforehand the annihilating craunch. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The barber soaped my face, and then took his razor and gave me a rake that well nigh threw me into convulsions. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Although it seemed a well-nigh hopeless task, he entered upon the investigation with his usual optimism and vim. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Barely, said Gurth, though the sum demanded was more reasonable than he expected, and it will leave my master nigh penniless. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Nigh on an hour since, sir. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Let him seek here the mighty brawn, the muscle, the abounding blood, the full-fed flesh he worshipped: let all materialists draw nigh and look on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- By Heaven, Malvoisin, yonder girl hath well-nigh unmanned me. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- When he went to it again, Em'ly was nigh him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- I left her for dead, and if there had been a limekiln as nigh her as there is now nigh you, she shouldn't have come to life again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Ours is well-nigh out by the look o't. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Pretty nigh, old chap. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- And if you've got holsters to that saddle o' yourn, don't let me see your hand go nigh 'em. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- When I come nigh and looked in through the glass, I see the faithful creetur Missis Gummidge sittin' by the fire, as we had fixed upon, alone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- If any should come nigh, they shall see the old widder woman true to 'em, a long way off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Hypochondria has that wont, to rise in the midst of thousands--dark as Doom, pale as Maladyand well-nigh strong as Death. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- And it is now well-nigh the fitting time to summon the brethren to breakfast in the refectory--Ah! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Divers young ladies watched them afar off, but ventured not nigh. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- And yet I need not tell you that my mind was far from at ease, and that I was well-nigh certain that some foul plot had been woven round him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- We've got nigh on a hundred left, I think, sir; but if it weren't fur you, sir, gittin' that idear of the boat, we'd be all dead men, for sure. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- I'm awful dull, but I hope I've beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- The attentive husband may judge by certain prognostics when the storm is nigh at hand. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Thou'rt not like to forget her now, and me so nigh her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Warn't it I started off de hosses, dis yer mornin' and kept 'em chasin' till nigh dinner time? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- The hour of Argyle's appointment drew nigh, arrived, and passed away, without my leaving my house. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- He had a trick or two which used to make the officers sick, and he ate so voraciously that he well nigh bred a famine in the mess-room. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Isolation on a heath renders vulgarity well-nigh impossible. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
编辑:韦斯利