sharing a common border; touching 接壤的;共边的;接触的 the Southern Ocean is contiguous with the Atlantic. 南海和大西洋相连。 ■next or together in sequence (顺序上)紧接的;邻近的;一起的
派生 contiguously adverb 语源
early 16th cent.: from Latin contiguus 'touching', from the verb contingere 'be in contact, befall' (see contingent), + -ous