contiguous

• adj. 连续的；邻近的；接触的

词态变化

中文词源

con-, 强调。-tig, 接触，词源同contact, tangible.

英文词源

contiguous (adj.)

1610s, from Latin contiguus "near, touching, bordering upon," from root of contingere "to touch upon" (see contact). Earlier form, now obsolete, was contiguate (mid-15c.).

双语例句

1. Its vineyards are virtually contiguous with those of Ausone.

其葡萄园差不多紧挨着欧颂堡的葡萄园。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The countries are contiguous.

这些国家互相接壤。

来自《权威词典》

3. They are two immediately contiguous areas.

他们是紧密接邻的地区.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Viet Nam is contiguous to China.

越南与中国毗邻.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. This district is contiguous to the border.

这个地区接近边境.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》