nigh | BrE nʌɪ, AmE naɪ | A. adjective predicative archaic 近的 jìn de ▸ the end of the world is nigh 世界某日快到了 B. adverb ① archaic (near) 靠近 kàojìn ▸ to draw nigh 接近 ② ▸ (almost) (well) nigh 几乎 jīhū ▸ it is nigh (on) impossible to … …几乎是不可能的 ▸ to be nigh on forty 接近四十 jiējìn sìshí |