| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_at-the-side-of |
| 释义 | at the side ofThese words all refer to being physically at the side of someone or something else. One of the most common words for this is beside. Beside is more common in writing than it is in speech. Come sit beside me. The opposite of beside is opposite. I sat opposite her at the dinner table. For more opposites of beside, see the article at opposite. The phrase next to is very common and is used in all contexts. Your glasses are on the table next to my tea. The photographer asked her to stand next to her brother. Along is used when people or things are placed next to one another in a long line. Cars were parked along the road. The teacups were displayed along the shelf. Troops were stationed along the border. The word alongside is used to refer to people or things that move to be next to each other, or that enable people or things to move next to each other. Bikes shared the road alongside cars and mopeds. He pulled up alongside the car. They put a pedestrian walkway alongside the road. If two people or things are next to each other, and one thing is touching or supporting the other, you can say one of them is against the other. We pushed the bed against the wall. He leaned against the tree, out of breath. UsageAgainst is always followed by a noun, and it always follows a verb. He leaned against the wall. Not: He leaned against. If two places are next to each other and touching, you can use the word adjoining to describe them. We asked for adjoining rooms. UsageAdjoining can only be used before a noun. We got adjoining rooms. Not: The rooms were adjoining. A more formal word for beside is adjacent. He sat adjacent to the duke. The fire affected all the adjacent buildings. You will be lodged in rooms adjacent to the hall. If two things or places are next to each other, they are neighbouring. Neighbouring is the UK English spelling of this word. The US English spelling is neighboring. UKThere's a strawberry festival in the neighbouring county. UKThe conflict has spilled over into neighbouring regions. When two places share a border, we say, in formal language, that they are coterminous with each other. We can also say that they are contiguous. Contiguous is used especially when places that border each other are somehow similar or are part of a larger whole. Italy is coterminous with Germany. Shipping is free in the contiguous United States. In less formal language, you can use bordering to describe places that share a border. Bordering municipalities reported power cuts after the storm. When people or things are side by side, they are next to each other and usually doing the same thing together. The children sat side by side on the chair. They fought side by side in the war. When two people are next to each other and are very close or touching, you can say they are shoulder to shoulder. We stood shoulder to shoulder waiting to get into the venue. If you are standing at someone's elbow, you are standing next to them and a little bit behind them. At someone's elbow can sometimes imply that you are close to or following them because you want their time or attention. As a child, he was always at her elbow, following her as she did housework. |
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