nigh

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• 英式音标 [naɪ]
• 美式音标 [naɪ]
• 国际音标 [nai]
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基本解释

• adj.近的；直接的；左侧的
• adv.在附近地；即将发生
• prep.近于
• v.接近

同根派生

英汉例句

• I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.
  我不得不为它花了将近40英镑。
• The storm must still be nigh, she thought.
  她想暴风雨必定仍会到来。
• They've lived in that house for nigh on 30 years.
  他们在那所房子里住了差不多30年了。
• They've lived in that house for nigh on 30 years.
  他们在那所房子里住了差不多30年了。
• The end of the world may be nigh, but do we really care?
  世界末日可能不远了，但我们真的在意吗？

词组短语

短语

• stick nigh 在附近逗留或等待
• killing nigh 其十九
• kiing nigh 其十九
• nigh prep 近于
• drawing nigh 人间沧桑

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• near

柯林斯英英字典

• If an event is nigh, it will happen very soon. &rarrsee also well-nigh
• Nigh on an amount, number, or age means almost that amount, number, or age.