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abutting
[ə'bʌtiŋ]
a. 邻接
  1. The act or process of abutting.
    靠,毗邻
  2. The point of contact of two abutting objects or parts.
    接合点,合器两
  3. An earthquake hit the area abutting our province.
    省邻接遭受震。




Abut \A*but"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abutted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Abutting}.] [OF. abouter, aboter; cf. F. aboutir, and also
abuter; a (L. ad) + OF. boter, buter, to push: cf. F. bout
end, and but end, purpose.]
To project; to terminate or border; to be contiguous; to
meet; -- with on, upon, or against; as, his land abuts on the
road.