next door

• 1. 

  ADV If a room or building is next door, it is the next one to the right or left. 在隔壁

  例：

  I went next door to the bathroom.

  我进了隔壁的洗手间。

  例：

  ...the old lady who lived next door.

  …住在隔壁的老妇人。

• 2. 

  ADJ Next door is also an adjective. 隔壁的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a thud like a cellar door slamming shut in a next-door house.

  …砰的一声，好像隔壁房子一扇地窖门被重重地关上了。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If a room or building is next door to another one, it is the next one to the left or right. 在…的隔壁

  例：

  The kitchen is right next door to the dining room.

  厨房就在餐厅的隔壁。

• 4. 

  ADV The people next door are the people who live in the house or apartment to the right or left of yours. 隔壁 (住家) [n ADV]

  例：

  The neighbours thought the family next door had moved.

  邻居们认为隔壁这家已经搬走了。

• 5. 

  ADJ Next door is also an adjective. 隔壁的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Even your next-door neighbour didn't see through your disguise.

  甚至你隔壁的邻居都没有看透你的伪装。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you refer to someone as the boy next door or the girl next door, you mean that they are pleasant, respectable, and likeable. (友善、可敬、可爱的) 邻家男孩/女孩

  例：

  He was dependable, straightforward, the boy next door.

  他是个可靠、坦率的邻家男孩儿。