vicinity是什么意思

vicinity

英 [v?'s?n?t?] 美 [v?'s?n?ti]

vicinity 鄰近地區

來自PIE*weik,宗族，村落，家庭，社會單位，詞源同village,economy,Greenwick。引申詞義臨近地區，附近。

vicinity: vicinity: [16] Latin vīcus meant ‘group of houses, village’ (it is related to the -wich or -wick of English place-names, which originally meant ‘hamlet, town’). From it was derived vīcīnus ‘neighbouring’, which in turn produced vīcīnitās ‘neighbourhood’, source of English vicinity.
vicinity (n.): 1550s, "nearness in place," from Middle French vicinité and directly from Latin vicinitas "of or pertaining to neighbors or a neighborhood," as a noun, "neighborhood, nearness, proximity," from vicinus (adj.) "of the neighborhood, near, neighboring," as a noun "the neighborhood, a neighbor," from vicus "group of houses, village," related to the -wick, -wich in English place names, from PIE *weik- (1) "clan, social unit above the household" (see villa). Meaning "neighborhood, surrounding district" in English is attested by 1796.

1. Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity.: 僅有幾個人回到臨近地區工作。

2. Crowds gathered in the vicinity of Trafalgar Square.: 成群結隊的人聚集在特拉法爾加廣場周圍。

5. There are green and lush vegetable plots [ beds ] in our vicinity.: 我們住所周圍一片綠油油的菜地.