英语词汇“propinquity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

propinquity

/prəˈpɪŋkwɪti

noun [mass noun]

1 formal The state of being close to someone or something; proximity: he kept his distance as though afraid propinquity might lead him into temptation...

He found himself disgusted with their close propinquity.
Frequency of successful exchange between taxa will depend on propinquity, metabolic compatibility, adaptations to their abiotic environment, gene expression systems, and gene transfer mechanisms.
Due to historical ties and geographic propinquity, until the middle of the 14th century, Galician and Portuguese were in fact the same language, known as ‘Galaico Portugues’.

Synonyms

proximity, closeness, nearness, adjacency

rare contiguity, contiguousness, vicinity, vicinage

2 technical Close kinship.

Synonyms

close kinship, close relationship, family connection, blood ties, consanguinity

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French propinquité, from Latin propinquitas, from propinquus 'near', from prope 'near to'.

单词	propinquity
释义	propinquity /prəˈpɪŋkwɪti / noun [mass noun] 1 formal The state of being close to someone or something; proximity: he kept his distance as though afraid propinquity might lead him into temptation... He found himself disgusted with their close propinquity. Frequency of successful exchange between taxa will depend on propinquity, metabolic compatibility, adaptations to their abiotic environment, gene expression systems, and gene transfer mechanisms. Due to historical ties and geographic propinquity, until the middle of the 14th century, Galician and Portuguese were in fact the same language, known as ‘Galaico Portugues’. Synonyms proximity, closeness, nearness, adjacency rare contiguity, contiguousness, vicinity, vicinage 2 technical Close kinship. Synonyms close kinship, close relationship, family connection, blood ties, consanguinity Origin Late Middle English: from Old French propinquité, from Latin propinquitas, from propinquus 'near', from prope 'near to'.
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