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contiguous adj.邻近的；连续的；接触的 (1) 加利福尼亚和墨西哥相邻。(2) 他们是紧密接邻的地区。(3) 加利福尼亚和墨西哥相邻。 Things that are contiguous are near or next to but not actually touching and yet they are also defined as "touching, sharing a border." You can use this adjective to describe people or things related to and nearby others. It comes from the Latin word contiguus, which means pretty much the same thing, "bordering upon." Because the word has two meanings that are very similar but not always the same it can be a bit confusing. This is an example of what's called "semantic ambiguity," when something can mean more than one thing or a word or phrase is not precise.

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英 [kən'tɪɡjuəs] 美 [kən'tɪɡjuəs] (1) California and Mexico are contiguous.(2) They are two immediately contiguous areas.(3) California and Mexico are contiguous. Use the adjective contiguous when you want to describe one thing touching another thing, or next to it but not actually touching. 1[ADJ 形容词]相接的；相邻的 Things that are contiguous are next to each other or touch each other.   [oft ADJ to/with n]  [FORMAL 正式]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。...two years of travel throughout the 48 contiguous states.两年游遍美国本土的48州

英语单词	contiguous
英美音标	英 [kən'tɪɡjuəs] 美 [kən'tɪɡjuəs]
中文释义	adj.邻近的；连续的；接触的
英语例句	(1) California and Mexico are contiguous. (2) They are two immediately contiguous areas. (3) California and Mexico are contiguous.
中文例句	(1) 加利福尼亚和墨西哥相邻。 (2) 他们是紧密接邻的地区。 (3) 加利福尼亚和墨西哥相邻。
vocabulary简明	Use the adjective contiguous when you want to describe one thing touching another thing, or next to it but not actually touching.
vocabulary扩展	Things that are contiguous are near or next to but not actually touching and yet they are also defined as "touching, sharing a border." You can use this adjective to describe people or things related to and nearby others. It comes from the Latin word contiguus, which means pretty much the same thing, "bordering upon." Because the word has two meanings that are very similar but not always the same it can be a bit confusing. This is an example of what's called "semantic ambiguity," when something can mean more than one thing or a word or phrase is not precise.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]相接的；相邻的 Things that are contiguous are next to each other or touch each other. [oft ADJ to/with n] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 ...two years of travel throughout the 48 contiguous states. 两年游遍美国本土的48州

Contiguous Things Word California Mexico 加利福尼亚和墨西哥相邻 Adjective Describe