inside
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
The interior or inner part.
The inside of the building has been extensively restored.
- 2.
The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
On a motorway, you should never pass another vehicle on the inside.
- 3.
The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.
- 4.
(colloquial, in plural)(colloquial, in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts.
Eating that stuff will damage your insides.
- 5.
(UK, colloquial, dated)A passenger within a coach or carriage, as distinguished from one upon the outside.
- 6.
(slang)The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary.
The inside surface of the cup is unpainted.
- 2.
(not comparable)Nearer to the interior or centre of something.
Because of the tighter bend, it's harder to run in an inside lane.
All the window seats were occupied, so she took an inside seat.
- 3.
(not comparable)Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation.
The reporter had received inside information about the forthcoming takeover.
The robbery was planned by the security guard: it was an inside job.
They wanted to know the inside story behind the celebrity's fall from grace.
- 4.
(not comparable)(of a person) Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people.
- 5.
(not comparable)(baseball, of a pitch) Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
The first pitch is ... just a bit inside.
- 6.
(not comparable)At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
the inside lane of the motorway
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building.
It started raining, so I went inside.
The secretive residents of the massive city-ship tended to stay inside.
- 2.
(not comparable)Indoors.
It was snowing, so the children stayed inside.
- 3.
(not comparable)Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking.
Are you laughing at us inside?
preposition
preposition- 1.
Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference.
He placed the letter inside the envelope.
- 2.
Within a period of time.
The job was finished inside two weeks.
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From Middle English ynneside; equivalent to in- + side. Compare Innenseite inside, inderside inside, insida inside, binnenzijde inside, Binnensied, Binnersied (inside), Binnersiede inside.