nigh

动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv. 介词 prep.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near ambitransitive
    — When the charnel-eyed Pale Horse has nighed
形容词 adj.
  1. Near, close by. archaic,poetic
    — The end is nigh!
  2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
    — Ye […] are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
副词 adv.
  1. Almost, nearly. not-comparable
    — So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor.[…]It looked like a tomb and smelt pretty nigh as musty and dead-and-gone.
介词 prep.
  1. near; close to
    — When the Moon is horned […] is it not ever nigh the Sun?

词形变化

nigher comparative more nigh comparative nighest superlative most nigh superlative nighs present,singular,third-person nighing participle,present nighed participle,past nighed past ny alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
near
衍生词
nighen nigh-hand nigh on nighness
相关词
near neighbor next

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-
Proto-Germanic *nēhwazder.
Proto-Germanic *nēhw
Proto-West Germanic *nāhw
Old English nēah
Middle English neygh
English nigh
Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-
Proto-Germanic *nēhwazder.
Proto-Germanic *nēhw
Proto-West Germanic *nāhw
Old English nēah
Middle English neygh
English nigh
Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-
Proto-Germanic *nēhwazder.
Proto-Germanic *nēhw
Proto-West Germanic *nāhw
Old English nēah
Middle English neygh
English nigh
Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
词源 4
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-
Proto-Germanic *nēhwazder.
Proto-Germanic *nēhw
Proto-West Germanic *nāhw
Old English nēah
Middle English neygh
English nigh
Inherited from Middle English neygh, from Old English nēah, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhw, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw, from *nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).
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