abut
美音:
[ə´bʌt
]英音:
[ə´bʌt
]v.邻接,毗邻
难易程度:
abut为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:abutter 动词过去式:abutted 过去分词:abutted 现在分词:abutting 第三人称单数:abuts
近义词, 同义词
abut
/ə'bʌt; ə`bʌt/
v (-tt-) [Ipr] ~ on/against sth (of land or a building) have a common boundary or side with sth; adjoin sth (指土地或建筑物)邻接或毗连某物, 与某物接界
*His land abuts on the motorway. 他的土地和高速公路毗连.
* Their house abuts against ours. 他们的房子紧挨着我们的房子.
abut
v alsoabut onpast tense and past participleabuttedpresent participleabutting [T]formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Partly from Old French aboter 'to share a border with', from bout 'act of hitting, end', from boter 'to hit'; partly from Old French abuter 'to come to an end', from but 'end, aim']
if one piece of land or a building abuts another, it is next to it or touches one side of it