neighbour

英 ['neɪbə(r)] 美 ['neɪbər]

• n. 邻居；邻近之人或事；邻近值
• v. 邻近；接壤

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]邻居

   a person who lives near sb

2. [C]邻近的人〔物〕

   person, thing or country that is next to or near another

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 邻居，街坊邻居，乡亲邻里，邻人，邻近的人
2. 世人
3. 同胞
4. 邻国，邻邦
5. 邻座
6. 邻接的东西，靠近的东西
7. 朋友
8. 身边的人
9. 邻近者
10. 邻国人

v. 动词

1. 与...接壤，毗邻，邻近，邻接，位于...附近
2. 与...有睦邻关系，以...为邻
3. 使接近，使邻近

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1. <英>=neighbor（苏格兰）

adj. 形容词

1. 邻居的，邻接的，邻近的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who lives (or is located) near another

2. a nearby object of the same kind;

   "Fort Worth is a neighbor of Dallas"
   "what is the closest neighbor to the Earth?"
   

Verb:

1. live or be located as a neighbor;

   "the neighboring house"
   

2. be located near or adjacent to;

   "Pakistan neighbors India"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. My neighbour is always putting on airs.
   我的邻居总是装腔作势。
2. I'll board out my children with my neighbour.
   我将把孩子们寄在邻居家膳宿。
3. When the big tree fell, it brought down two of its smaller neighbours.
   那棵大树一倒把附近的两棵小树也弄倒了。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The garden neighbours on a golf-course.
   那花园与高尔夫球场相邻。
2. In front of the house there is a large plot of field, on which neighbours the highway.
   房子前面有一大片耕地，耕地与公路邻接。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. You can inquire of your neighbours where the post office is.
   你可以问问你的邻居邮局在哪儿。
2. The widow gossiped about her neighbors.
   这个寡妇说邻居的闲话了。
3. She loves visiting with her neighbours and having a good gossip.
   她喜欢找左邻右舍聊天,说人家的长短。
4. She used to have a quarrel with her neighbours about some trifles on the average of once every three days.
   过去她平均每隔三天就要为鸡毛蒜皮的事和邻居吵一次嘴。
5. I've lived here five years and still haven't exchanged more than a few words with my neighbours.
   我在这儿已住了五年了,可是还没和邻居说过几句话。
6. We live among very warm neighbours.
   我们的四邻非常热情。
7. He is very kind towards his neighbours.
   他对他的邻居很友好。
8. I feel very much annoyed when my neighbour's cock loudly crows outside my window.
   我听到邻居家公鸡在窗外大叫就心烦。
9. We were neighbours at dinner.
   我们用餐时坐在一起。
10. Britain's nearest neighbour is France.
    英国最接近的邻国是法国。
11. When the big tree fell it brought down several of its neighbours.
    当这棵大树倒了的时候,压倒了旁边的几棵树。
12. After the First World War Germany conceded a lot of land to her neighbours.
    第一次世界大战以后,德国割让了大片土地给邻国。
13. Despair was too often her neighbour.
    她时常被失望所困扰。
14. Love your neighbour.
    要爱世人。

经典引文

• Churches have long featured the virtue of loving one's neighbour.

  出自： J. K. Galbraith

• Someone borrowed some smelling-salts from a neighbour, six doors away.

  出自： B. Gilroy

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• associate with neighbour 与邻居交往
• backbite sb's neighbours 背后说邻居的坏话
• drive out neighbour 赶走邻居
• invite neighbour 邀请邻居
• like neighbour 喜欢邻居
• respect neighbour 尊重邻居
• stand neighbour 容忍邻居
• welcome neighbour 欢迎邻居

形容词+～

• bad neighbour 坏邻居
• civilized neighbours 有教养的邻居
• friendly neighbour 友好的邻居,友好邻邦
• generous neighbour 慷慨的邻居
• good neighbour 好邻居
• immediate neighbour 近邻
• kind neighbour 心地善良的邻居
• next-door neighbour 隔壁邻居
• noisy neighbour 爱吵闹的邻居

～+介词

• neighbour on the north 北面的邻国
• neighbour to… 的邻居
• neighbour to the north 北面的邻国

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. neighbour的基本意思是“邻居”,还可作“邻近的人〔物〕”“邻国”解。用于比喻时,可指不离左右的东西。
2. neighbour是英式拼法,美式拼法是neighbor。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

下面两个句子的意思不同：

• She is neighbor to me.
• 她和我是邻居关系。
• She is a neighbor of mine.
• 她是我的一位邻居。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. Thomas is a good neighbor.

   误 托马斯是一个好邻居。

   正 托马斯与邻居相处得很好。

   析 “a good/bad neighbour”是指“与邻居相处得好〔坏〕”,而不涉及那个“邻人,邻居”品德好坏。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的neahgebur，意为邻居。

近反义词

【近义词】

• area
• district
• locality
• section
• vicinity