单词 | vicinity |
释义 | vicinity /vi sin"i tee/, n. , pl. vicinities. 1. the area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood: There are no stores in the vicinity of our house. 2. state or fact of being near; proximity; propinquity: He was troubled by the vicinity of the nuclear testing area. [1550-60; < L vicinitas, equiv. to vicin(us) near (vic(us) WICK3, neighborhood + -inus -INE1) + -itas -ITY] |
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