Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 5
Abnormality (n.) 反常，異常；變態；畸形；反常的事物 Something abnormal.
Abnormality (n.) An abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies [syn: abnormality, abnormalcy] [ant: normalcy, normality].
Abnormality (n.) Retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence [syn: abnormality, mental defectiveness].
Abnormality (n.) Marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal [syn: abnormality, freakishness].
Abnormality (n.) Behavior that breaches the rule oretiquette or custom or morality [syn: abnormality, irregularity].
Abnormality (n.) [ C or U ] （通常指身體的）反常，異常，變態，紊亂 Something abnormal, usually in the body.
// Genetic/ congenital abnormalities.
// An increasing number of tests are available for detecting foetal abnormalities.
// The X-rays showed some slight abnormality.
Abnormally (adv.) 反常地；不規則地；變態地 In an abnormal manner; irregularly. -- Darwin.
Abnormally (adv.) In an abnormal manner; "they were behaving abnormally"; "his blood pressure was abnormally low".
Abnormities (n. pl. ) of Abnormity.
Abnormity (n.) 反常；不規則；畸形；畸態 Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity. "An abnormity . . . like a calf born with two heads." -- Mrs. Whitney.
Abnormous (a.) 變態的 Abnormal; irregular. -- Hallam.
A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. -- State Trials.
Aboard (adv.) 在船（或飛機，車）上；上船（或飛機，車）；並排在邊上 On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
Aboard (adv.) Alongside; as, close aboard.
{To fall aboard of}, To strike a ship's side; to fall foul of.
{To haul the tacks aboard}, To set the courses.
{To keep the land aboard}, To hug the shore.
{To lay (a ship) aboard}, To place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.
Aboard (prep.) 在（船，飛機，車）上；進入，上（船，飛機，車） On board of; as, to go aboard a ship.
Aboard (prep.) Across; athwart. [Obs.]
Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. -- Spenser.
Aboard (adv.) On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle [syn: {aboard}, {on board}].
Aboard (adv.) On first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard" [syn: {aboard}, {on base}].
Aboard (adv.) Side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship" [syn: {aboard}, {alongside}].
Aboard (adv.) Part of a group; "Bill's been aboard for three years now".
Abodance (n.) An omen; a portending. [Obs.]
Compare: Omen
Omen (n.) 預兆，兆頭 [C] [（+of）] Anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
Omen (n.) A prognostic.
Omen (n.) Prophetic significance; presage.
// A bird of ill omen.
Omen (v. t.) 預示，預告 To be an omen of; portend.
Omen (v. t.) To divine, as if from omens.
Abode () pret. of Abide.
Abode (n.) Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] -- Shak.
And with her fled away without abode. -- Spenser.
Abode (n.) 住所 Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
He waxeth at your abode here. -- Fielding.
Abode (n.) Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.
Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. -- Wordsworth.
Abode (n.) An omen. [Obs.]
High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. -- Chapman.
Abode (v. t.) To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Abode (v. i.) To be ominous. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Compare: Abide
Abide (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid; p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Abide (v. i.) 持續；【古】逗留，住 [（+at/ in）] To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
Let the damsel abide with us a few days. -- Gen. xxiv. 55.
Abide (v. i.) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
Let every man abide in the same calling. -- 1 Cor. vii. 20.
Followed by by:
To abide by. () To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.
The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. -- Fielding.
To abide by. () To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.
Abide (v.) Dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, abide, stay].
Abide (v.) Put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up].
Abode (n.) Any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" [syn: residence, abode].
Abode (n.) Housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house].
Abode (n.) [ C usually singular ] 住所；寓所 The place where someone lives.
// (Formal) The defendant is of no fixed abode (= has no permanent home).
// (Humorous) Welcome to my humble abode!
Abodement (n.) 預感；預兆；先兆 A foreboding; an omen. [Obs.] "Abodements must not now affright us." -- Shak.
Aboding (n.) 預感；預兆；先兆 A foreboding.
Abolished (imp. & p. p.) of Abolish.
Abolishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abolish.
Abolish (v. t.) 廢止，革除，取消 To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to abolish folly.
Abolish (v. t.) To put an end to, or destroy, as a physical objects; to wipe out. [Archaic]
And with thy blood abolish so reproachful blot. -- Spenser. Abortion
His quick instinctive hand Caught at the hilt, as to abolish him. -- Tennyson.
Syn: To Abolish, Repeal, Abrogate, Revoke, Annul, Nullify, Cancel.
Usage: These words have in common the idea of setting as by some overruling act. Abolish applies particularly to things of a permanent nature, such as institutions, usages, customs, etc.; as, to abolish monopolies, serfdom, slavery. Repeal describes the act by which the legislature of a state sets aside a law which it had previously enacted. Abrogate was originally applied to the repeal of a law by the Roman people; and hence, when the power of making laws was usurped by the emperors, the term was applied to their act of setting aside the laws. Thus it came to express that act by which a sovereign or an executive government sets aside laws, ordinances, regulations, treaties, conventions, etc. Revoke denotes the act of recalling some previous grant which conferred, privilege, etc.; as, to revoke a decree, to revoke a power of attorney, a promise, etc. Thus, also, we speak of thof the Edict of Nantes. Annul is used in a more general sense, denoting simply to make void; as, to annul a contract, to annul an agreement. Nullify is an old word revived in this country, and applied to the setting of things aside either by force or by total disregard; as, to nullify an act of Congress. Cancel is to strike out or annul, by a deliberate exercise of power, something which has operative force.
Abolish (v.) Do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia" [syn: {abolish}, {get rid of}] [ant: {establish}, {found}, {launch}, {set up}].
Abolish (v.) [ T ] (B2) 廢除，廢止To end an activity or custom officially.
// I think bullfighting should be abolished.
// National Service was abolished in the UK in 1962.
Abolish (v. t.) Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
‘The tax was abolished in 1977.’
Abolishable (a.) 可廢止的，可取消的 Capable of being abolished.
Abolisher (n.) 廢除者 One who abolishes.
Abolishment (n.) 廢止，革除，取消 The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
Abolishment (n.) The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment" [syn: {abolition}, {abolishment}].
Abolition (n.) 廢除，廢除奴隸制度 The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
Abolition (n.) The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery); "the abolition of capital punishment" [syn: {abolition}, {abolishment}].
Abolition (n.) [ U ] 廢止，撤廢，廢除 The official ending of an activity or custom.
Abolition (n.) [ U ] (US history) [美] 廢除奴隸制度 Abolition also means the official end to slavery in the US, which took place in 1863.
Abolitionism (n.) 廢除主義；廢除黑奴主義 The principles or measures of abolitionists.
Abolitionist (n.) 廢除主義者；（有時大寫）（美國的）廢奴主義者 A person who favors the abolition of any institution, especially negro slavery.
Abolitionize (v. t.) 【美】使贊成廢除黑奴制度 To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.
Aboma (n.) 紅尾蚺 A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).
Abomasum (n.) Alt. of Abomasus.
Abomasus (n.) [反芻動物] 第四胃；皺胃 The fourth or digestive stomach of a ruminant, which leads from the third stomach omasum. See Ruminantia.
Abomasum (n.) The fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place [syn: {abomasum}, {fourth stomach}].
Abominable (a.) 可惡的，令人討厭的；【口】糟透的，極差的，惡劣的 Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
Abominable (a.) Excessive; large; -- used as an intensive. [Obs.]
Note: Juliana Berners . . . informs us that in her time [15th c.], "abomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars." -- G. P. Marsh.
Abominable (a.) Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke [syn: abominable, detestable, execrable, odious].
Abominable (a.) Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" [syn: atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable].
Abominable (a.) 極壞的；惡劣的；可惡的；討厭的 Very bad or unpleasant.
// The prisoners are forced to live in abominable conditions.
// The weather's been abominable all week.
Abominableness (n.) The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness.
Abominably (adv.) 可惡地；可恨地；極壞地 In an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
Abominated (imp. & p. p.) of Abominate.
Abominating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abominate.
Abominate (v. t.) 痛恨，憎惡 To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety.
Abominate (v.) Find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats" [syn: {abhor}, {loathe}, {abominate}, {execrate}].
Abominate (v.) [ T not continuous ] (Formal) 厭惡，憎惡 To hate something very much.
// He abominates cruelty of all kinds.
Abomination (n.) 【舊】厭惡，憎恨 [U]；令人厭惡的事情 [C] The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.
Abomination (n.) That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution.
Antony, most large in his abominations. -- Shak.
Abomination (n.) A cause of pollution or wickedness.
Syn: Detestation; loathing; abhorrence; disgust; aversion;
loathsomeness; odiousness. -- Sir W. Scott.
Abomination (n.) A person who is loathsome or disgusting.
Abomination (n.) Hate coupled with disgust [syn: {abhorrence}, {abomination}, {detestation}, {execration}, {loathing}, {odium}].
Abomination (n.) An action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination".
Abomination, () This word is used, To express the idea that the Egyptians considered themselves as defiled when they ate with strangers (Gen. 43:32). The Jews subsequently followed the same practice, holding it unlawful to eat or drink with foreigners (John 18:28; Acts 10:28; 11:3).
Abomination, () Every shepherd was "an abomination" unto the Egyptians (Gen. 46:34). This aversion to shepherds, such as the Hebrews, arose probably from the fact that Lower and Middle Egypt had formerly been held in oppressive subjection by a tribe of nomad shepherds (the Hyksos), who had only recently been expelled, and partly also perhaps from this other fact that the Egyptians detested the lawless habits of these wandering shepherds.
Abomination, () Pharaoh was so moved by the fourth plague, that while he refused the demand of Moses, he offered a compromise, granting to the Israelites permission to hold their festival and offer
their
sacrifices in Egypt. This permission could not be accepted, because Moses said they
would have to sacrifice "the abomination of the
Egyptians" (Ex. 8:26); i.e., the cow or ox, which all the Egyptians held as
sacred, and which they regarded it as sacrilegious to kill.
Abomination, () Daniel (11:31), in that section of his prophecies which is
generally interpreted as referring to the fearful calamities that
were to fall on the Jews in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, says, "And they
shall place the abomination that maketh desolate." Antiochus
Epiphanes caused an altar to be erected on the altar of
burnt-offering, on which sacrifices were offered to Jupiter Olympus.
(Comp. 1 Macc. 1:57). This was the abomination of the desolation of
Jerusalem. The same language is employed in Dan. 9:27 (comp.
Matt. 24:15), where the reference is probably to the image-crowned
standards which the Romans set up at the east gate of the temple (A.D. 70),
and to which they paid idolatrous honours. "Almost the
entire religion of the Roman camp consisted in worshipping the
ensign, swearing by the ensign, and in preferring the ensign before
all other gods." These ensigns were an
"abomination" to the Jews, the "abomination of
desolation."
This word is also used symbolically of sin in general (Isa. 66:3); an idol (44:19); the ceremonies of the apostate Church of Rome (Rev. 17:4); a detestable act (Ezek. 22:11).
Abomination (n.) [ C ] (Formal) 令人憎惡的事物；可惡的東西 Something that you dislike and disapprove of.
// Cruelty to animals is an abomination.
Aboon (prep.) and adv. Above.
Aboral (a.) [解，動] 離口的；對口的；遠口的 Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.
Aboral (a.) Opposite to or away from the mouth; "the aboral surface of a starfish" [ant: {oral}].
Abord (n.) (Archaic) Manner of approaching or accosting; address.
Abord (v. t.) To approach; to accost.
Aboriginal (a.) 最早就有的；土著的；原始的；土著居民的 First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America. "Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf." -- Wordsworth.
Aboriginal (a.) Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.
Aboriginal (n.) [C] 土著居民；土生動物（或植物） An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
Aboriginal (n.) An animal or a plant native to the region.
It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. -- Darwin.
Aboriginal (a.) Of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia; "an Aboriginal rite".
Aboriginal (a.) Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia" [syn: {native}, {aboriginal}] [ant: {nonnative}].
Aboriginal (a.) Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" [syn: {aboriginal}, {primal}, {primeval}, {primaeval}, {primordial}].
Aboriginal (n.) A dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived [syn: {Aborigine}, {Abo}, {Aboriginal}, {native Australian}, {Australian Aborigine}].
Aboriginal (n.) An indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" [syn: {native}, {indigen}, {indigene}, {aborigine}, {aboriginal}].
Aboriginal (a.) 土著的；土生土長的 Used to refer to a person or living thing that has existed in a country or continent since the earliest time known to people.
// Aboriginal forests.
// Aboriginal inhabitants.
Aboriginal (n.) [ C ] 澳大利亞土著居民 An Aborigine.
Aboriginality (n.) 原始狀態，本土性 The quality of being aboriginal. -- Westm. Rev.
Aboriginality (n.) (pl. - es) The quality or state of being aboriginal.
Aboriginally (adv.) (Not comparable) From the earliest known times. [First attested in the early 19th century.] [1]
Aboriginally (adv.) 從開始；原來 Primarily.
Aborigines (n. pl.) 原住民The earliest known inhabitants of a country; native races.
Aborigines (n. pl.) The original fauna and flora of a geographical area.
Compare: Fauna
Fauna (n.) [ U, + sing/ pl. verb ] （某一地區的）動物群 All the animals that live wild in a particular area.
// While she was in Hawaii, she studied the local flora and fauna.
Compare: Flora
Flora (n.) [ U ] (Specialized) （某一地點或時期的）植物群 (Environment) All the plants of a particular place or from a particular time in history.
// The flora of the Balearic Islands.
// Stone Age flora.
Flora (n.) [ U ] （生活在某一動物體內的）細菌和其他生物群 All the bacteria and other that live inside an animal.
// In the normal, healthy person the gut flora is a balanced community of different organisms.
Aborning (adv.) While being produced or born.
Aborning (adv.) Being produced or born. Aborning is derived from a-, "in the act of" + English dialect borning, "birth."
Aborsement (n.) (Obsolete) Abortment; abortion. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Aborsive (a.) (Obsolete) Abortive.
Abort (v. i.) 流產，墮胎，失敗 To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.
Abort (v. i.) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to become sterile.
Abort (v. i.) To stop, cease, or fail prior to normal completion.
Abort (v. t.) 使流產，使失敗 To cause (an action or process) to stop at an early stage, or before normal completion; as, to abort a rocket flight.
Abort (n.) An untimely birth.
Abort (n.) An aborted offspring.
Abort (n.) The act of terminating a project or procedure before it is completed; "I wasted a year of my life working on an abort"; "he sent a short message requesting an abort due to extreme winds in the area".
Abort (v.) Terminate before completion; "abort the mission"; "abort the process running on my computer".
Abort (v.) Cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus".
Abort (v.) Terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion.
Aborted (a.) Brought forth prematurely.
Aborted (a.) (Biol.) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped; checked in normal development at a very early stage; as, spines are aborted branches.
Aborted (a.) Stopped prior to normal completion.
The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. -- Owen.
Aborticide (n.) (Med.) 打胎；墮胎藥 The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide. [archaic] AS
Aborticide (n.) A drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion [syn: abortifacient, aborticide, abortion-inducing drug].
Aborticide (n.) The act of destroying a fetus [syn: aborticide, feticide].
Abortifacient (a.) 導致墮胎的 Producing miscarriage.
Abortifacient (n.) 墮胎劑；墮胎器械 A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.
Abortion (n.) 流產，墮胎，失敗，夭折 The act of giving premature birth; particularly, the expulsion of the human fetus prematurely, or before it is capable of sustaining life; miscarriage.
Abortion (n.) The immature product of an untimely birth.
Abortion (n.) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
Abortion (n.) Any fruit or produce that does not come to maturity, or anything which in its progress, before it is matured or perfect; a complete failure; as, his attempt proved an abortion.
Abortion (n.) (End of pregnancy) (C1) [ C or U ] （通常指透過手術進行的）墮胎，人工流產 The intentional ending of a pregnancy.
// She decided to have/ get an abortion.
// Abortion is restricted in some American states.
Compare: Miscarriage
Miscarriage (n.) [ C or U ] 流產 An early, unintentional end to a pregnancy when the baby is born too early and dies because it has not developed enough.
// The amniocentesis test carries a significant risk of miscarriage.
// I had two miscarriages before I gave birth to my daughter.
Compare: Stillbirth
Stillbirth (n.) [ C ] 死產 The birth of a dead baby.
Abortion (n.) (Failure) [ C ] (Slang) 失敗 A failure.
// This project is a complete abortion.
Abortional (a.) 失敗的，夭折的，無結果的；不發育的 Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. -- Carlyle.
Abortionist (n.) 施墮胎術者（尤指非法）；流產權的鼓吹者（或支持者） One who performs or procures abortion; among medical personnel, also called an {abortion provider}.
Note: The word abortionist has negative connotations from the time when the practise was illegal in the United States, and the latter term is preferred among those who do not consider the procedure as morally reprehensible.
Abortionist (n.) A person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies.
Abortionist (n.) One who procures abortion or miscarriage.
Abortive (a.) 流產的，墮胎的，失敗的 Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child.
Abortive (a.) Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum.
Abortive (a.) Rendering fruitless or ineffectual.
Abortive (a.) Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt.
Abortive (a.) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc.
Abortive (a.) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines.
Abortive (a.) Cutting short; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever.
Abortive (n.) 流產 That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
Abortive (n.) A fruitless effort or issue.
Abortive (n.) 墮胎藥 A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion.
Abortive (a.) (Formal) 失敗的，夭折的；無結果的 An abortive attempt or plan has to be stopped because it has failed.
// He made two abortive attempts on the French throne.
Abortively (adv.) 流產地；失敗地 In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
Abortiveness (n.) 落空，失敗 The quality of being abortive.
Abortment (n.) (Obsolete) Abortion.
Abought () imp. & p. p. of Aby.
Abounded (imp. & p. p.) of Abound.
Abounding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abound.
Abound (v. i.) 豐富，富於，充滿 To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.
The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. -- Chambers.
Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. -- Rom. v. 20.
Abound (v. i.) To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with.
To abound in, To possess in such abundance as to be characterized by.
To abound with, To be filled with; to possess in great numbers.
Men abounding in natural courage. -- Macaulay.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings. -- Prov. xxviii. 20.
It abounds with cabinets of curiosities. -- Addison.
Abound (v.) Be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities.
Abound (v.) Be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers" [syn: {abound}, {burst}, {bristle}].
Abound (v.) [ I ] 大量存在；有很多 To exist in large numbers.
// Theories abound about how the universe began.
Phrasal verb: Abound in/ with sth
Abound in/ with sth (-- Phrasal verb with abound) (v.) [ I ] 有充足的…；富產… If something abounds in/ with other things, it has a lot of them.
// The coast here abounds with rare plants.
Abounding (a.) 豐富的；abound 的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Same as abundant abounding confidence.
Syn: galore (postnominal).
Abounding (a.) Existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey galore" [syn: abounding, galore(ip)].
About (prep.) 關於，對於；在……的附近；在……的周圍；在……的身邊 Around; all round; on every side of.
About (prep.) In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one's person).
About (prep.) Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
About (prep.) Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity.
About (prep.) In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
About (prep.) On the point or verge of; going; in act of.
About (prep.) Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching.
About (adv.) 在四周；到處；在附近，在近處；大約；幾乎 On all sides; around.
About (adv.) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
About (adv.) Here and there; around; in one place and another.