| 单词 | vicinity |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [vi'siniti] |
| 解释 | n.附近,接近 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.附近,接近(proxim ity;neighborhood) 【记】 vicin(邻近)+ity→邻 近(地区); 【同】 参考:vicinage(周围 地区) 【例】 The vicinity of the apartment to his office was an advantage on rainy days. |
| 字源 | vicinity (n.) 1550s, "nearness in place," from Middle French vicinité and directly from Latin vicinitas "of or pertaining to neighbors or a neighborhood," as a noun, "neighborhood, nearness, proximity," from vicinus (adj.) "of the neighborhood, near, neighboring," as a noun "the neighborhood, a neighbor," from vicus "group of houses, village," related to the -wick, -wich in English place names, from PIE *weik- (1) "clan, social unit above the household" (see villa). Meaning "neighborhood, surrounding district" in English is attested by 1796. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 附近地区; (空间或者关系上)接近 【记】vic = vice(n 罪恶), in, ity-罪恶的小人一般都在邻近地区 【参】vicinage(n 周围地区) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】province 省,地区,区域,都是附近的一片区域;音:威信 有了威信会有很多人在靠拢在你周围附近 |
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