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

I went next door to the bathroom. 我進了隔壁的洗手間。

...the old lady who lived next door. …住在隔壁的老婦人。

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

...a thud like a cellar door slamming shut in a next-door house. …砰的一聲，好像隔壁房子一扇地窖門被重重地關(guān)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

The kitchen is right next door to the dining room. 廚房就在餐厛的隔壁。

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]

The neighbours thought the family next door had moved. 鄰居們認爲(wèi)隔壁這家已經(jīng)搬走了。

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

Even your next-door neighbour didn't see through your disguise. 甚至你隔壁的鄰居都沒有看透你的偽裝。

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、可愛的) 鄰家男孩/女孩

He was dependable, straightforward, the boy next door. 他是個可靠、坦率的鄰家男孩兒。