Vicinity
[vɪ'sɪnɪtɪ] or [və'sɪnəti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a surrounding or nearby region; 'the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville'; 'it is a rugged locality'; 'he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood'; 'I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods'.
手打:肖恩--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats.
(n.) That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood.
錄入:露西
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Nearness, proximity.[2]. Neighborhood, vicinage.
布伦达編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Juxtaposition, neighborhood, nearness, proximity
ANT:Distance, remoteness, separation, removal
克劳德特錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- So near a vicinity to her mother and Meryton relations was not desirable even to _his_ easy temper, or _her_ affectionate heart. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The crowd had gradually dispersed in their immediate vicinity, and they were nearly alone. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- A modern steamer, with a noisy screw beating the waters, is enough to scare away all the nymphs in the vicinity. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- There were quite a number of remnants of tribes in the vicinity of Portland in Oregon, and of Fort Vancouver in Washington Territory. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It would be to any one who did not know these waters; but Martin has been here with me often before, and knows every rock in the vicinity. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- In case of a crevasse in this vicinity, the water escaping would find its outlet through the same channels. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- On the 24th he joined us on the march from North Anna to Cold Harbor, in the vicinity of Chesterfield. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- This luxury his footman procured, together with a tankard of ale from a pothouse in the immediate vicinity of the theatre. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Four old Michigan Central cars with rotten sills collapsed in the ditch and went all to pieces, distributing figs, raisins, dates, and candies all over the track and the vicinity. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- We had lived so long in the vicinity of Eton, that its population of young folks was well known to us. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Thus I made the journey to the vicinity of the plaza without detection. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The remainder of the army immediately returned to the vicinity of Burkesville. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Coarse grass and rank weeds straggled over all the marshy land in the vicinity. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The dangerous character of this and other rocks in this vicinity gave long ago to this channel the significant name of Hell Gate. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This pursuit brought him up to the vicinity of Allatoona. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
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