vicinity — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. Proximity; the state of being near.

   أمثلة

   There was a crackling sound in the vicinity of my right ear.

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.

2. Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.

   أمثلة

   There is a hurricane in the vicinity of the Bahamas.

   أمثلة إضافية (2)

   O suitably-attired-in-leather-boots Head of a traveller, wherefore seeking whom Whence by what way how purposed art thou come To this well-nightingaled vicinity?

   Al Jazeera's Scott Heidler, reporting from Bangkok, said hundreds of Yingluck's supporters gathered outside the Bangkok Supreme Court to await the verdict but were not allowed in the vicinity.

3. Approximate size or amount.

   أمثلة

   I weigh in the vicinity of 80kg.

اسم

1. a surrounding or nearby region

   مرادفات

   localityneighborhoodneighbourhoodneck of the woods

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   section

   أمثلة

   the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville

   it is a rugged locality

   أمثلة إضافية (2)

   he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood

   I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods