1.即将发生;接近地 If an event is nigh, it will happen very soon.
2.(数量、数字或年龄)将近，接近 Nigh on an amount, number, or age means almost that amount, number, or age.
英英释义
1.not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
e.g. near neighbors in the near future they are near equals his nearest approach to success a very near thing a near hit by the bomb she was near tears she was close to tears had a close call
