abut
/əˈbʌt/verb
1abutted, abutting
with obj.(of an area of land or a building) be next to or have a common boundary with（土地, 建筑）毗连：gardens abutting Great Prescott Street
与大普雷斯科特街毗邻的花园
no obj. a park abutting on an area of waste land.与一片荒地毗连的公园。
1.1
- touch or lean upon邻接, 紧靠：
masonry may crumble where a roof abuts it.
砖石结构可能在与房顶相接处坍塌。
词源
late Middle English: the sense have a common boundary' from Anglo-Latin abuttare, from a- （from Latin ad 'to, at'） + Old French but 'end'; the sense 'lean upon' （late 16th cent.） from Old French abouter, from a- （from Latin ad 'to, at'） + bouter 'strike, butt', of Germanic origin.