having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching;
"Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut" "the side of Germany conterminous with France" "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho" "neighboring cities"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
All the three neighboring villages are well-off villages.附近的三个村社都是小康村。
As a tumor grows it may invade neighboring tissue or organs.当肿瘤生长的时候它会侵袭附近的组织或器官。
The neighboring tribe staged an invasion.邻近的部落发动了一次入侵。
Consonants are frequently assimilated to neighboring consonants.辅音往往被其邻近的辅音同化。