| 单词 | in the vicinity |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin the vicinity (of) a. in the vicinity (of), in the neighbourhood (of), near or close (to). (Cf. vicinage n. 1b, 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > in the vicinity in the vicinity (of)1796 there or (and) thereabouts1890 the world > space > distance > nearness > near to [preposition] > in the vicinity of aboutOE in the vicinage of1784 in the vicinity (of)1796 (a) (b)1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xviii. 469 The minute hole..may be obliterated by a little pressure towards it upon the lute in the immediate vicinity.1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. iii. v. 249 A young man of low stature..slowly approaching towards the arch, and every cap in the vicinity was off, and every knee bowed.1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 229 It would most probably have in it's vicinity, the tree which Nature designed should contrast with it in the same site. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. ii. 125 The merchant has his snug retreat in the vicinity of the metropolis. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 149 The extraordinary transparency of the atmosphere in the vicinity of the Rhine. 1864 G. O. Trevelyan Competition Wallah vii. 218 Amidst the park-like undulating scenery in the vicinity of the town. 1891 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 27 14/1 During a severe storm in that year the Port Glasgow ship ‘Marseilles’ capsized in the vicinity of Portpatrick. < as lemmas |
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