1 ADV [be ADVERB] 即将发生;接近地 If an event is nigh, it will happen very soon. 即将发生;接近地 [old-fashioned]
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The end of the world may be nigh, but do we really care?.
世界末日可能不远了,但我们真的在意吗?
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The storm must still be nigh, she thought.
她想暴风雨必定仍会到来。
SYN almost, about, nearly, close to
3 PHRASE (数量、数字或年龄)将近,接近 Nigh on an amount, number, or age means almost that amount, number, or age. (数量、数字或年龄)将近,接近 [old-fashioned]
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