neighborhood

英 ['neɪbə(r)ˌhʊd]

美 ['neɪbərˌhʊd]

n. 地区；某地区的人；与某处邻近的地区

BNC.49659 / COCA.1134

英英释义

noun

people living near one another
1. it is a friendly neighborhood
2. my neighborhood voted for Bush
Synonym:neighbourhood
a surrounding or nearby region
1. the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville
2. it is a rugged locality
3. he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood
4. I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods
Synonym:vicinitylocalityneighbourhoodneck of the woods
an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community)
1. an ethnic neighborhood
the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
1. it was going to take in the region of two or three months to finish the job
2. the price is in the neighborhood of $100
Synonym:region