1NEXT TOin the house, room etc next to yours or someone else’s 在隔壁
the boy next door
隔壁的男孩
Her office is just next door.
她的办公室就在隔壁。
2next door to somethingnext to another building, room etc 在…的隔壁
They live next door to the shop.
他们住在商店的隔壁。
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next door• Deanna's office is right next door.• The boynext doorcuts our grass for us.
next door2 noun [uncountableU]British EnglishBrE informal
NEXT TOthe people living in the house or apartment next to yours 隔壁邻居SYN neighbour
Have you seen next door’s new car?
你看到隔壁邻居的新车了吗?
ˈnext-dooradjectiveadj [only before noun]
1.next-door neighbourNEXT TOthe person who lives in the house or apartment next to yours 隔壁邻居
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next-door neighbour• He could be the next-door neighbour, a friend, a bloodrelation.• It's a compliment, by the way: Philippa is my next-door neighbour and startlingly beautiful.• For the past year, she has suffered from incontinence, but her kind next-door neighbour has done regularwashing for her.• I haven't had any trouble with him personally, but my next-door neighbour has.• Could some one tell my next-door neighbour, Mrs Timms?• Her next-door neighbour, Philippa, was sitting on the draining-board kicking her legs up and down.• Next time you chat with your next-door neighbour, you are relieved to find that you don't fancy him.
2.next-door apartment/office etcNEXT TOthe apartment etc that is next to yours 隔壁公寓/办公室等
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next-door• It would be ironic to pick away at the mortar for a few decades only to break through into the next-doorcell.• And when was the last time you stayed at a motel and got to know your next-door neighbors?• He could be the next-doorneighbour, a friend, a bloodrelation.• I haven't had any trouble with him personally, but my next-door neighbour has.• Could some one tell my next-door neighbour, Mrs Timms?• Better than a view of cardboardpanes and the next-doorprivies.