邻近；毗邻；紧靠

搭配：[+ land, property]

• The orchard abuts land being developed for housing.

  果园紧邻一片正建造住房的土地。

• He was born in 1768 in the house abutting our hotel.

  他1768年出生在我们的旅馆旁边的一幢房子里。

• The site abuts property owned by the local council.

  该地址与一处属于当地议会的地产相邻。

to abut on sth;to abut onto sth：邻近；毗邻；紧靠

• One edge of the garden abutted on an old entrance to the mine.

  花园一侧紧靠着煤矿的一个旧入口。

• The whole of the west coast of America abuts onto the Pacific.

  整个美洲西海岸濒临太平洋。