nearby

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++near·by /ˈnɪəbaɪ $ ˈnɪr-/ ●●● W3 adjective [only before noun]  NEARnot far away 附近的 Lucy was staying in the nearby town of Hamilton. 露西当时住在附近的汉密尔顿镇。► see thesaurus at near —nearby /nɪəˈbaɪ $ ˈnɪr-/ adverb Dan found work on one of the farms nearby. 丹在附近的一个农场里找到了工作。 Do you live nearby? 你住在附近吗？

Examples from the Corpus

nearby• For the first part of the route, the embankment gives views across Carrickknowe golf course and the nearby allotments.• At that moment, there came a nearby clatter of mops and pails.• Dinah lives in a nearby cottage.• Tom continues in school until he is sixteen, and Maggie goes to a nearby girls' school, along with Lucy.• He faces a second charge of attempting to rob assistant Elizabeth Walsh at the nearby Grotto card shop on the same day.• Screams erupted at a nearby hotel, where Microsoft founder Bill Gates was addressing an education and technology conference.• The toll mounted Friday when three Christians were found slain in sugar cane fields in the nearby village of El Zuheir.• They were cared for by friends at their home in nearby Witney.

near·by adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus away not far

nearby
near‧by W3 /ˈnɪəbaɪ $ ˈnɪr-/ adjective [only before noun]
not far away:
    Lucy was staying in the nearby town of Hamilton.
—nearby /nɪəˈbaɪ $ ˈnɪr-/ adverb:
    Dan found work on one of the farms nearby.
    Do you live nearby?
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ near only a short distance from something or someone: I live near Salzburg in Austria. | If we moved to Dallas, we’d be near my parents.
   ▪ close very near something or someone, or almost touching them: The hotel is close to the beach. | Nancy came and sat close beside me on the bed.
   ▪ not far (away) not a long distance away – used when saying that a place is near enough to be easy to get to: The station’s not far away from here.
   ▪ nearby near here or near a particular place: Is there a post office nearby? | A group of reporters were waiting nearby.
   ▪ within walking distance (of something) easy to walk to from somewhere, or near enough to something for you to walk there: There’s a good school within walking distance. | The house is within walking distance of shopping facilities.
   ▪ be convenient for something British English, be convenient to something American English to be near a place that people want to get to, so that the place is easy to reach: The area is very convenient for Gatwick airport. | I want a hotel that’s convenient for the city centre.
   ▪ locally in or near the area where you are or the area you are talking about: I prefer to buy fruit and vegetables that are grown locally.
   ▪ around here (also round here British English) spoken in the general area near here: Parking is impossible around here. | Is there a garage round here?
   ▪ in the neighbourhood British English, in the neighborhood American English living or existing in the area where you are or the area you are talking about: We grew up knowing all the other kids in the neighbourhood. | There’s very little crime in the neighborhood.
   ▪ in the vicinity formal in the area around and near a particular place – used especially in news reports: A white van was seen in the vicinity at the time the murder took place.
   ▪ neighbouring British English, neighboring American English used about towns, countries etc that are very near a particular place: discussions between Egypt and neighbouring states | The rioting quickly spread to neighbouring areas.