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circumjacent

/sur-kuhm-jey-suhnt/US // ˌsɜr kəmˈdʒeɪ sənt //

周边的,毗邻,毗邻的,周边

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lying around; surrounding.

Examples

  • New fissures showed themselves up to the vicinity of Nicolosi, and the lava flowed in great waves over the circumjacent lands.

  • The worship there paid to their supreme God was famous throughout the circumjacent countries.

  • The massacre commenced in the out-parts of the circumjacent country, and continued two days.

  • This sense centre can easily be destroyed without inflicting injury on the circumjacent sense centres.

  • Everywhere else the circumjacent heights rise to a very much greater altitude.