Contiguous
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 接近的; 接壤的
- ［英］ adj. 接壤的, 接近的 ( near, adjacent)
- ［类］ contiguous : abut / simultaneous : coincide ( 相邻的比邻 / 同时发生的巧合)
- ［记］ con＋tig ( 接触) ＋uous -> 共同接触 -> 接近的
- ［同］ 派生词: contiguity ( n. 邻近, 接壤)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Latin contiguus, from contingere to have contact with — more at contingent
- Date: circa 1609
- 1. being in actual contact ; touching along a boundary or at a point
- 2. of angles adjacent 2
- 3. next or near in time or sequence
- 4. touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence <contiguous row houses
- Synonyms: see adjacent
- ? contiguously adverb
- ? contiguousness noun
