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nearer 音标拼音: [n'ɪrɚ] adj. 较近 较近 nearer adv 1: (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true explanation" [synonym: {nearer}, {nigher}, {closer}] Near \Near\, a. [Compar. {Nearer}; superl. {Nearest}.] [See {Near}, adv.] 1. Not far distant in time, place, or degree; not remote; close at hand; adjacent; neighboring; nigh. "As one near death." --Shak. [1913 Webster] He served great Hector, and was ever near, Not with his trumpet only, but his spear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Closely connected or related. [1913 Webster] She is thy father's near kinswoman. --Lev. xviii. 12. [1913 Webster] 3. Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; touching, or affecting intimately; intimate; dear; as, a near friend. [1913 Webster] 4. Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling; as, a version near to the original. [1913 Webster] 5. So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow[3]; as, a near escape; a near miss. [1913 Webster] 6. Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See {Off side}, under {Off}, a. [1913 Webster] 7. Immediate; direct; close; short. "The nearest way." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 8. Close-fisted; parsimonious. [Obs. or Low, Eng.] [1913 Webster] Note: Near may properly be followed by to before the thing approached; but more frequently to is omitted, and the adjective or the adverb is regarded as a preposition. The same is also true of the word nigh. [1913 Webster] Syn: Nigh; close; adjacent; proximate; contiguous; present; ready; intimate; familiar; dear. [1913 Webster] nearer \nearer\ adj. less distant in space; as, we walked to the nearer house. [WordNet 1.5]
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