| 单词 | next |
| 释义 | next (once / 15 pages) adjadv If you do one thing, and then something else right afterward, you do it next. If you hear a game show host scream, "Come on down, you’re the next contestant," then you better get to the stage! If you're standing in line for ice cream right behind the person ordering a large hot fudge sundae, you're next. Things happen next in terms of time when they occur immediately after: "First we'll eat the appetizer, and next we'll eat the entree." The Old English source is niehsta, "nearest or closest." Your "next door neighbor" lives in the house or apartment right beside yours. WORD FAMILYnext: nextest, nextly, nexts USAGE EXAMPLESOn the next drive, McQuay dropped a would-be interception on second down. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) It’s a Styku 3-D body scanner, tucked away in a room next to a minibar serving protein shakes. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The next week, you drop those and try a few things you do while sitting down. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj immediately following in time or order next in line the next president the next item on the list Syn following succeeding coming after or following 2adj nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space in the next room the person sitting next to me Syn adjacent, side by side close at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other 3adj (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving our next president Syn future, succeeding incoming arriving at a place or position 4adv at the time or occasion immediately following next the doctor examined his back |
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