Nigh
[naɪ]
解釋/意思:
(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.
艾米編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
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
解釋/意思:
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.
編輯:韦斯利
例句/造句/用法:
- Well,' said Mr. Pickwick, as Sam and his companion drew nigh, 'you will see how your health becomes, and think about it meanwhile. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- 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. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I was awful nigh bursting out a laughing though, when it made John stare! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- 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. 維萊特.
- The barber soaped my face, and then took his razor and gave me a rake that well nigh threw me into convulsions. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Although it seemed a well-nigh hopeless task, he entered upon the investigation with his usual optimism and vim. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Barely, said Gurth, though the sum demanded was more reasonable than he expected, and it will leave my master nigh penniless. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Nigh on an hour since, sir. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- 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. 維萊特.
- By Heaven, Malvoisin, yonder girl hath well-nigh unmanned me. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- When he went to it again, Em'ly was nigh him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Ours is well-nigh out by the look o't. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Pretty nigh, old chap. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- And if you've got holsters to that saddle o' yourn, don't let me see your hand go nigh 'em. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- If any should come nigh, they shall see the old widder woman true to 'em, a long way off. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- 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. 維萊特.
- And it is now well-nigh the fitting time to summon the brethren to breakfast in the refectory--Ah! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Divers young ladies watched them afar off, but ventured not nigh. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- 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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- 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. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- I'm awful dull, but I hope I've beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The attentive husband may judge by certain prognostics when the storm is nigh at hand. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Thou'rt not like to forget her now, and me so nigh her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Warn't it I started off de hosses, dis yer mornin' and kept 'em chasin' till nigh dinner time? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The hour of Argyle's appointment drew nigh, arrived, and passed away, without my leaving my house. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- 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. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Isolation on a heath renders vulgarity well-nigh impossible. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
編輯:韦斯利