border /ˈbɔːdə/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (bordering,bordered,borders)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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. 边界; 边界地区

  例：

  They fled across the border.

  他们越过边界逃走了。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） A country that borders another country, a sea, or a river is next to it. 与…接壤

  例：

  ...the European and Arab countries bordering the Mediterranean.

  …地中海沿岸的欧洲国家和阿拉伯国家。

• 3.  

  PHRASAL VERB（动词词组） Border on means the same as . 与…接壤

  例：

  Both republics border on the Black Sea.

  这两个共和国都与黑海毗邻。

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A border is a strip or band around the edge of something. 饰边

  例：

  ...pillowcases trimmed with a hand-crocheted border.

  …镶有一道手工钩制花边的枕套。

• 5.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） In a garden, a border is a long strip of ground planted with flowers, along the edge of a path or lawn. (小路或草地边) 狭长花坛

  例：

  ...a lawn flanked by wide herbaceous borders.

  …一片两侧有草本植物花坛的草坪。

• 6.  

  V-T（及物动词） If something is bordered by another thing, the other thing forms a line along the edge of it. 给…镶边

  例：

  ...the mile of white sand beach bordered by palm trees and tropical flowers.

  …环绕着棕榈树和热带花卉的一英里白色沙滩。