Proximity
[prɒk'sɪmɪtɪ] or [prɑk'sɪməti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the property of being close together.
(noun.) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit.
(noun.) the region close around a person or thing.
校對:塞尔玛--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance.
狄伦編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, vicinity, vicinage, neighborhood.
哈蒂編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Neighborhood, vicinity,[See PROPINQUITY]
芭比整理
例句/造句/用法:
- He galloped from one command to another proclaiming the near proximity of Santa Anna with an army vastly superior to his own. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He, too, had caught a fleeting backward glimpse of cruel yellow eyes and half open mouth within startling proximity of his person. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Barring the proximity of the village, it is a sort of paradise. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Professor Porter rolled over upon his stomach; gingerly he bowed his back until he resembled a huge tom cat in proximity to a yelping dog. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- And yet he felt that the girl was physically aware of his proximity. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- From the proximity of the enemy to his defences around Richmond, it was impossible, by any flank movement, to interpose between him and the city. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Pixii’s machine (1832) consisted of a permanent horse-shoe magnet which was caused to revolve in proximity to an armature upon which was wound a coil of insulated wire. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Once I saw Graham--wholly unconscious of her proximity--push her with his restless foot. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
手打:尼尔