nigh

中文詞源

nigh幾乎，差不多

來自古英語neah,靠近，比較級near,最高級next,來自PIE*nek,達到，夠到，詞源同enough.

詞組搭配

The End Is Nigh終結將至；終結降至；閉幕將至；末日臨近

nigh on接近地

well nigh幾乎

draw nigh接近

stick nigh在附近逗留或等待

雙語例句

1. I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.

漢我不得不為它花了將近40英鎊。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The storm must still be nigh, she thought.

漢她想暴風雨必定仍會到來。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They've lived in that house for nigh on 30 years.

漢他們在那所房子里住了差不多30年了。

來自《權威詞典》

4. Defence was well-nigh impossible against such opponents.

漢遇到這樣的對手幾乎防不勝防。

來自《權威詞典》

5. He was nigh upon 20 miles.

漢他離家差不多有20哩.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

英英釋義

1. being on the left side;

"the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"

"the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"

2. near in space or time

1. near in time or place or relationship;

"as the wedding day drew near"

"stood near the door"

"don't shoot until they come near"

"getting near to the true explanation"

"her mother is always near"

"The end draws nigh"

"the bullet didn't come close"

"don't get too close to the fire"

2. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost';

"the job is (just) about done"

"the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"

"we're almost finished"

"the car all but ran her down"

"he nearly fainted"

"talked for nigh onto 2 hours"

"the recording is well-nigh perfect"

"virtually all the parties signed the contract"

"I was near exhausted by the run"

"most everyone agrees"