Nigh

(superl.) Not distant or remote in place or time; near.

(superl.) Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

(a.) In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.

(a.) Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.

(v. t. & i.) To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.

(prep.) Near to; not remote or distant from.

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• Well,' said Mr. Pickwick, as Sam and his companion drew nigh, 'you will see how your health becomes, and think about it meanwhile. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• If the gentleman's servant would wheel along the paths, he could keep nigh us, and we could lift it over the stiles, and that. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• A great bank, half a mile out, nigh the mouth of the bay, breaks the force of the main ocean coming in from the offing. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I was awful nigh bursting out a laughing though, when it made John stare! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Seeing him draw nigh, burying his broad wheels in the oppressed soil--I, the prostrate votary--felt beforehand the annihilating craunch. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The barber soaped my face, and then took his razor and gave me a rake that well nigh threw me into convulsions. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Although it seemed a well-nigh hopeless task, he entered upon the investigation with his usual optimism and vim. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Barely, said Gurth, though the sum demanded was more reasonable than he expected, and it will leave my master nigh penniless. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Nigh on an hour since, sir. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Let him seek here the mighty brawn, the muscle, the abounding blood, the full-fed flesh he worshipped: let all materialists draw nigh and look on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• By Heaven, Malvoisin, yonder girl hath well-nigh unmanned me. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• When he went to it again, Em'ly was nigh him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I left her for dead, and if there had been a limekiln as nigh her as there is now nigh you, she shouldn't have come to life again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Ours is well-nigh out by the look o't. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Pretty nigh, old chap. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• And if you've got holsters to that saddle o' yourn, don't let me see your hand go nigh 'em. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• When I come nigh and looked in through the glass, I see the faithful creetur Missis Gummidge sittin' by the fire, as we had fixed upon, alone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• If any should come nigh, they shall see the old widder woman true to 'em, a long way off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Hypochondria has that wont, to rise in the midst of thousands--dark as Doom, pale as Maladyand well-nigh strong as Death. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And it is now well-nigh the fitting time to summon the brethren to breakfast in the refectory--Ah! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Divers young ladies watched them afar off, but ventured not nigh. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And yet I need not tell you that my mind was far from at ease, and that I was well-nigh certain that some foul plot had been woven round him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• We've got nigh on a hundred left, I think, sir; but if it weren't fur you, sir, gittin' that idear of the boat, we'd be all dead men, for sure. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I'm awful dull, but I hope I've beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The attentive husband may judge by certain prognostics when the storm is nigh at hand. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Thou'rt not like to forget her now, and me so nigh her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Warn't it I started off de hosses, dis yer mornin' and kept 'em chasin' till nigh dinner time? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The hour of Argyle's appointment drew nigh, arrived, and passed away, without my leaving my house. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He had a trick or two which used to make the officers sick, and he ate so voraciously that he well nigh bred a famine in the mess-room. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Isolation on a heath renders vulgarity well-nigh impossible. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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