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nigh /naɪ/ adverb 1 nigh on old-fashionedALMOST almost 几乎 There were nigh on 40 people there. 那里有近40个人。2 literarySOON near or soon 接近；临近 Winter draws nigh (=will start soon). 冬天即将来临。 → well-nighExamples from the Corpusnigh• The end of the world is nigh!• Gone are the days of spending frantically because the end of the financial year was nigh.• Today the man carrying the placard warning that the end is nigh may well be wearing a white laboratory coat.Origin nigh Old English neahnigh adverbChinese Corpus almost |