abut

英 [əˈbʌt]

美 [əˈbʌt]

v. 邻接; 毗连; 紧靠

现在分词：abutting　第三人称单数：abuts　过去式：abutted　过去分词：abutted　

BNC.20120 / COCA.18235

牛津词典

verb

邻接；毗连；紧靠
to be next to sth or to have one side touching the side of sth
1. His land abuts onto a road.
  他的土地紧靠公路。

verb

lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
1. Canada adjoins the U.S.
2. England marches with Scotland
Synonym:borderadjoinedgemarchbuttbutt againstbutt on

The students are talking abut their weekends in the class.
学生们正在教室里谈论周末。
An illness had kept the boy home abut he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him.
疾病迫使他呆在家里，然而，他渴望见到我，这对他来说意义重大。
Disingenuously, he asked leading questions abut his opponent's work.
他真狡猾，问了一些关于他的对手的工作的关键问题。
Now tell me something abut your professional education. I'd like to see which way the wind blows before deciding whether to accept their offer.
现在请你谈谈你所接受的专业教育的情况。我想先看看情况再决定是否接受他们的提议。
I know'all are anxious to hear abut it, but that'ruin the surprise.
我知道你们很想知道计划的内容，但那样就没有惊喜了。
In my view, it'll cost abut the same.
在我看来，差不多一样。
One edge of the garden abutted on an old entrance to the mine
花园的一侧紧靠着矿井的旧入口。
He was born in 1768 in the house abutting our hotel.
他于1768年出生于我们旅馆旁边的一幢房子里。
How abut going there?
在那里怎么样？
He began to think abut what he should do.
他开始考虑应当怎样做。