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单词 contiguous
释义 con·tig·u·ous
\kənˈtigyəwəs\ adjective
Etymology: Latin contiguus, from contingere to touch on all sides — more at contingent
1.
 a.
  (1) : touching along boundaries often for considerable distances
   < Kentucky and Tennessee are contiguous >
   < a lot contiguous to a road >
  (2) of angles : adjacent 2
 b. : next or adjoining with nothing similar intervening
  < the contiguous bedroom — W.M.Thackeray >
  < two contiguous benches — Jane Austen >
 c. : nearby, close : not distant
  < while the dwelling vibrates to the din of the contiguous torrent — William Wordsworth >
 d. : continuous, unbroken, uninterrupted : touching or connected throughout
  < the houses … contiguous all along from end to end of the town — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
2.
 a. : immediately preceding or following in time or sequence : without intervening interval or item; also : involving items so occurring or arranged
 b. : near in time or sequence
Synonyms: see adjacent
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