near

英 [n??] 美[n?r]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數:?nears;過去式:?neared;現在分詞:?nearing;比較級:?nearer;最高級:?nearest;名詞:?nearness;

near 靠近

來自古英語near,更近的，來自neah，現拼作nigh,接近，-ar,比較級后綴。

near: near: [12] Historically, near is a comparative form, and its ancestor originally meant ‘nearer’. It was borrowed from Old Norse náer, the comparative of ná- ‘near’, which came from the same prehistoric Germanic source as produced English nigh [OE] and next (not to mention German nah ‘near’). By the time it reached English it had lost its comparative force, and simply meant ‘close’ (which is also the sense of its modern Scandinavian descendants, Swedish n?ra and Danish n?r).
=> neighbour, next, nigh
near (adv.): Old English near "closer, nearer," comparative of neah, neh"nigh." Influenced by Old Norse naer "near," it came to be used as a positive form mid-13c., and new comparative nearer developed 1500s (see nigh). As an adjective from c. 1300. Originally an adverb but now supplanted in most such senses by nearly; it has in turn supplanted correct nigh as an adjective. Related: Nearness. In near and dear (1620s) it refers to nearness of kinship. Near East first attested 1891, in Kipling. Near beer "low-alcoholic brew" is from 1908.
near (v.): "to draw near," 1510s, from near (adv.). Related: Neared; nearing.

2. Southbound traffic tailed back for twenty miles on the M5 near Bristol.: 在布里斯托爾附近的5號高速公路上，南行的車輛排成了綿延20英里的長龍。

5. The General does not like non-combatant personnel near a scene of action.: 將軍不喜歡非戰斗部隊人員靠近戰場。