abut

英 [əˈbʌt]

美 [əˈbʌt]

v.  邻接; 毗连; 紧靠

现在分词：abutting　第三人称单数：abuts　过去式：abutted　过去分词：abutted　

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BNC.20120 / COCA.18235

牛津词典

verb

• 邻接；毗连；紧靠
  to be next to sth or to have one side touching the side of sth
  1. His land abuts onto a road.
     他的土地紧靠公路。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 邻接；毗连；紧靠
  When land or a buildingabutssomething orabuts onsomething, it is next to it.
  1. One edge of the garden abutted on an old entrance to the mine...
     花园的一侧紧靠着矿井的旧入口。
  2. He was born in 1768 in the house abutting our hotel.
     他于1768年出生于我们旅馆旁边的一幢房子里。

英英释义

verb

• lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
  1. Canada adjoins the U.S.
  2. England marches with Scotland
  Synonym:borderadjoinedgemarchbuttbutt againstbutt on

双语例句

• An elusive smell of early spring recalls a scene in which I and others are picking our adventurous way along backyard boundaries where yards abut back to back.
  早春的一个难以捉摸的气息唤起了一个记忆。我和其他人在毗连的后院里玩很刺激的游戏。
• Whenever I met Zillah, the housekeeper, in the village, I used to ask her abut Linton.
  无论什么时候我在村子里碰到女管家齐拉，我就向她打听林顿的情况。
• She has thought very hard abut her future plans.
  她悉心思考了她未来的计划。
• An illness had kept the boy home abut he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him.
  疾病迫使他呆在家里，然而，他渴望见到我，这对他来说意义重大。
• Lunchtimes were spent reading over my lines and talking abut what I would wear.
  利用午饭时间，我们又一起念台词，议论到时候我该穿什么样的演出服装。
• Disingenuously, he asked leading questions abut his opponent's work.
  他真狡猾，问了一些关于他的对手的工作的关键问题。
• And then I think abut how you stabbed Brando in the back.
  然后我想到你怎么在背后中伤白兰度。
• There is no half way work abut its influence.
  在它的影响中没有中间道路。
• I wish I knew more abut business english.
  我真希望我多知道些商务英语。
• He began to think abut what he should do.
  他开始考虑应当怎样做。