• prep. 近于
• adj. 在附近的；直接的
• adv. 幾乎；在附近地
• n. (Nigh)人名；(英)奈伊

來自古英語neah,靠近，比較級near,最高級next,來自PIE*nek,達到，夠到，詞源同enough.

nigh

nigh: see near

nigh (adv.)

"near," Old English neah (West Saxon), neh (Anglian), common Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon nah, Old Frisian nei, Middle Dutch, Dutch na, Old High German nah, German nah, Gothic nehwa), with no cognates outside Germanic. The Old English progression was neah - near - niehsta, for "nigh - near - next." But the comparative near and the superlative nehst (see next) gradually evolved into separate words not felt as related to nigh. New comparative and superlative forms nigher, nighest developed 14c. as phonetic changes obscured the original relationships. As an adjective from Middle English.

1. I had to pay nigh on forty pounds for it.

我不得不為它花了將近40英鎊。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The storm must still be nigh, she thought.

她想暴風(fēng)雨必定仍會到來。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They've lived in that house for nigh on 30 years.

他們在那所房子里住了差不多30年了。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. Defence was well-nigh impossible against such opponents.

遇到這樣的對手幾乎防不勝防。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. He was nigh upon 20 miles.

他離家差不多有20哩.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》