Word · Frequency #1847
neighbours
邻居
neighbours is the plural of neighbour.
a person who lives near another person
- 1.
a person who lives (or is located) near another
住在(或位于)另一个人附近的人。
- 2.
a nearby object of the same kind
同类且邻近的物体
邻近的同类物体；住在(或位于)另一个人附近的人。；同类且邻近的物体；邻接的东西；邻国
In use
My neighbour helped me carry my groceries upstairs.
Our neighbours invited us to their barbecue party.
The noise from my neighbour's apartment kept me awake.
sb's neighbour
She is my neighbour.
她是我的邻居。
neighbour of sth
France is a neighbour of Germany.
法国是德国的邻国。
be neighbours with sb
此处neighbours使用复数形式。
We are neighbours with the Johnsons.
我们是约翰逊一家的邻居。
Connections
Collocations
- next-door neighbour
- 隔壁邻居
- Our next-door neighbour is a retired teacher.我们隔壁邻居是一位退休教师。
- good neighbour
- 好邻居
- Being a good neighbour means respecting others' privacy.做个好邻居意味着尊重他人的隐私。
- neighbour's house
- 邻居的房子
- The neighbour's house was damaged in the storm.邻居的房子在暴风雨中受损了。
- neighbour's cat
- 邻居的猫
- The neighbour's cat often comes into our garden.邻居的猫经常到我们的花园来。
- neighbourly relations
- 邻里关系
- We maintain good neighbourly relations with everyone on the street.我们与街上的每个人都保持良好邻里关系。
- neighbourhood watch
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象邻居（neighbour）的英文中包含“neigh”（马嘶声）和“bour”（伯伯），马嘶声引来了邻居伯伯。
Context & Register
register: neutral; contexts: 邻里, 社区; note_zh: 通常用于日常语境，中性偏口语，比较常见于非正式交流。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'labour' (/ˈleɪbər/) truly rhymes with 'neighbour' (/ˈneɪbər/). The other words share the -our spelling but have different stressed vowels and/or consonants, so they do not rhyme. Beware of false lookalikes like 'hour' or 'our'.
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.