The adjective is also spelled next-door. 形容词亦拼作 next-door。
1 ADV [ADVERB after verb, be ADVERB, oft n ADV] 在隔壁 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.
我去了隔壁的卫生间。
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She was next door at the time.
那时她就住隔壁。
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...the old lady who lived next door.
隔壁老太太
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The flat next door was empty.
隔壁公寓没人住。
Next door is also an adjective.
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 2 ADV [n ADVERB] 在隔壁 The people
next door are the people who live in the house or flat to the right or left of yours.
在隔壁 Next door is also an adjective.
3 PHRASE 邻家男孩/邻家女孩 If you refer to someone as
the boy next door or
the girl next door, you mean that they are pleasant and respectable but rather dull.
邻家男孩/邻家女孩 -
He was dependable, straightforward, the boy next door.
他可靠、坦率,是邻家男孩那种类型。
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She was the girl-next-door type.
她是邻家女孩那种类型的。