adjacent

pronunciation

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  • adj.
    邻近的,毗邻的
    (时间上)紧接着的
    相邻

Word Origin

adjacent 临近的

前缀ad-, 去,往。词根jac, 扔,同project. 扔在旁边的, 相邻的。

Example

1. An adjacent cell for women stands empty .
邻近的女性牢房是空着的。
2. Low clouds obscure an adjacent valley and glaciers to the north ( upper left ) .
北部低矮的云层模糊了邻近的峡谷和冰川(左上部)。
3. Small streams ( and their adjacent floodplains ) of the araguari river extend like fingers throughout the landscape .
阿拉瓜里河的支流(以及它们邻近的冲积平原)像触手一样在这幅风景画中四处伸展。
4. After 1947 the rate of immigration was bolstered by family reunification and some newcomers moved into the adjacent strathcona region .
1947年以后移民的比例由于家庭的重聚和一些新来的人移入邻近的斯特拉思科地区而发生变化。
5. But it still says there is nearly 38 trillion cubic metres on the peninsula and in adjacent offshore fields enough to supply europe for several decades .
但它仍然称在半岛及邻近的近海油田上有近38万亿立方米储量的天然气--足够供应欧洲几十年了。

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