- 1鄰接、毗連（很書面；日常會說「緊挨著、接壤」）
Contiguity is the noun for being next to something — touching, or right beside, with no gap in between. Two rooms have contiguity if they share a wall. In geography, contiguity is about land that joins.
Contiguity Contiguity is the noun是名詞, for being next to something指緊鄰著某樣東西 — touching碰在一起, or right beside或就在旁邊, with no gap in between中間沒有空隙. Two rooms兩個房間 have contiguity就有contiguity if they share a wall如果共用一面牆. In geography在地理學裡, contiguity contiguity is about land指的是土地 that joins相連的.
Though actually, this word lives mostly in serious books and lectures. Psychology uses contiguity when two things happen close in time or space and the mind links them. Law and geography use it for borders.
Though actually不過其實, this word這個字 lives mostly大多出現 in serious books and lectures在嚴肅的書籍和演講裡. Psychology心理學 uses contiguity會用contiguity when two things happen close in time or space來說兩件事在時間或空間上很接近 and the mind links them於是大腦把它們連在一起. Law and geography法律和地理學 use it for borders則用它來指邊界.
Ordinary people almost never say “contiguity.” They say “they’re next to each other” or “they share a border.” Keep this word for reading hard texts; you do not need it to sound natural in conversation.
Ordinary people一般人 almost never幾乎不會 say “contiguity”說「contiguity」. They他們 say會說 “they're next to each other”它們互相緊鄰 or或 “they share a border”它們接壤. Keep this word把這個字留給 for reading hard texts讀艱深文章用; you do not need it日常對話裡不需要用它 to sound natural in conversation才自然.
core核心畫面
組成From French contiguïté, from Late Latin contiguitās, from Latin contiguus (“bordering upon”), from contingō (“to touch or border upon”). The English ending is -ity: the state of being.
同家族的字
- contiguousthe adjective: next to and touching
- contactsame Latin “touch” root (contingō / contingere)
- contagionsame Latin “touch” family; now about illness spreading
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
contiguitynoun/ˌkɒn.tɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/
- 1
A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
- In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that there should be spatial and temporal contiguity between the movements involved.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。