adjective, adverb, noun
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 (usually with the) coming straight after sb/sth in time, order or space:
The next train to Baltimore is at ten. * The next six months will be the hardest. * the next chapter * Who's next? * the woman in the next room * I fainted and the next thing I knew I was in the hospital. * (informal) Round here, you leave school at sixteen and next thing you know, you're married with three kids.
2 (used without the) ~ Monday, week, summer, year, etc. the Monday, week, etc. immediately following:
Next Thursday is 12 April. * Next time I'll bring a book.
IDIOMS
the next man the average person:
I can enjoy a joke as well as the next man, but this is going too far.
moreatDAY, LUCKn.
词性: adverb
1 after sth else; then; afterwards:
What happened next? * Next, I heard the sound of voices.
2 ~ best, biggest, most important, etc....(after / to sb/sth) following in the order mentioned:
Jo was the next oldest after Martin. * The next best thing to flying is gliding.
3 used in questions to express surprise or confusion:
You're going bungee jumping? Whatever next?
noun (usually the next) [sing.] a person or thing that is next:
One moment he wasn't there, the next he was. * the week after next
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WHICHWORD?
next / nearest
(The) next means 'after this/that one' in time or in a series of events, places or people: When is your next appointment? * Turn left at the next traffic lights. * Who's next? (The) nearest means 'closest' in space: Where's the nearest supermarket?
Notice the difference between the prepositions nearest to and next to: Janet's sitting nearest to the window (= of all the people in the room). Sarah's sitting next to the window (= right beside it). In informal BrE nearest can be used instead of nearest to: Who's sitting nearest the door?
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