Word · Frequency #1847
neighboured
与…相邻；毗邻；邻接
neighboured is the past of neighbour.
be located near or next to something
- 1.
live or be located as a neighbor
作为邻居居住或位于
- 2.
be located near or adjacent to
位于附近或与...相邻
与…为邻；住在…附近；作为邻居居住或位于；位于附近或与...相邻；vt. 邻近；与...结邻
In use
Our house neighbours a beautiful park.
The old farm neighboured a wide river.
The two countries are neighbouring each other across the strait.
neighbour + noun phrase
及物动词，直接接宾语，表示‘与…相邻’。
Our house neighbours the school.
我们的房子与学校为邻。
be neighboured by + noun phrase
被动语态，表示‘被…环绕’。
The park is neighboured by tall buildings.
公园被高楼大厦环绕。
Verb forms
base neighbour · third person neighbours · -ing neighbouring · past neighboured · past participle neighboured
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- neighbour on
- 与…相邻；与…接界
- The park neighbours on a busy main road.这座公园毗邻一条繁忙的主干道。
- be neighboured by
- 与…为邻；旁边是…
- The school is neighboured by a public library.这所学校与一座公共图书馆相邻。
- neighbour each other
- 彼此相邻；互为近邻
- The two cottages neighbour each other on the hillside.这两座小屋在山坡上彼此相邻。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：neigh（马叫）像“邻居家的马”，加上动词用法，想到“住在旁边、紧挨着”——与…相邻、毗邻。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：地理描述、正式写作、边界说明 作为动词，neighbour 通常用于正式或书面语，表示“与…相邻”或“毗邻”，比较常见于地理、地点和边界描述中。日常口语里更常说 be next to 或 border。
Grammar Note
常与介词 with 连用，表示与...相邻或结邻。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Rhyming words: labour and sabre (both end in /bə/). Neigh is not a rhyme but has the identical first syllable /neɪ/ as neighbour. Lookalikes: favour (ˈfeɪvə) and colour (ˈkʌlə) share the -our spelling but do not rhyme with neighbour.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.