请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 vicinity
释义 vi·cin·i·ty
\və̇ˈsinəd.ē, -ətē, -i sometimes chiefly Brit vīˈ-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle French vicinité, from Latin vicinitat-, vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring (from vicus row of houses, village + -inus -ine) + -itat-, -itas -ity; akin to Gothic weihs village, Greek oikos house, dwelling, Sanskrit viś settlement, dwelling, house
1. : the quality or state of being near : nearness, propinquity, proximity
 < might well dread the immediate vicinity of a monarch so great, so ambitious, and so unscrupulous — T.B.Macaulay >
 < so near a vicinity to her mother … was not desirable — Jane Austen >
2. obsolete : close relationship or resemblance
3. : a surrounding area or district : locality, neighborhood
 < in the vicinity of his home >
 < old residents of the vicinity — John DeMeyer >
4. : neighborhood 3b
 < invitations which he receives average in the vicinity of 300 a month — Philip Hamburger >
随便看

 

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 23:30:45