border

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line. 邊界; 邊界地區
They fled across the border. 他們越過邊界逃走了。
Soldiers had temporarily closed the border between the two countries. 士兵們已暫時封閉了兩國的邊界。
2. V-T A country that borders another country, a sea, or a river is next to it. 與…接壤
...the European and Arab countries bordering the Mediterranean. …地中海沿岸的歐洲國家和阿拉伯國家。
3. PHRASAL VERB Border on means the same as . 與…接壤
Both republics border on the Black Sea. 這兩個共和國都與黑海毗鄰。
4. N-COUNT A border is a strip or band around the edge of something. 飾邊
...pillowcases trimmed with a hand-crocheted border. …鑲有一道手工鉤制花邊的枕套。
5. N-COUNT In a garden, a border is a long strip of ground planted with flowers, along the edge of a path or lawn. (小路或草地邊) 狹長花罈
...a lawn flanked by wide herbaceous borders. …一片兩側有草本植物花罈的草坪。
6. V-T If something is bordered by another thing, the other thing forms a line along the edge of it. 給…鑲邊
...the mile of white sand beach bordered by palm trees and tropical flowers. …環繞著棕櫚樹和熱帶花卉的一英裡白色沙灘。

Thousands of troops have massed along the border in preparation for an invasion .
Strasbourg is on the border of France and Germany.
Illegal immigrants are sent back across the border if they are caught .
The border guards stopped me and asked to see my papers .
Checkpoint Charlie used to be the most famous border crossing between East and West Berlin.