touching or next to something 相接的;相邻的 The countries are contiguous. 这些国家互相接壤。 - contiguous with/to something
The bruising was not contiguous to the wound. 这青肿块不在伤口边上。
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin contiguus ‘touching’, from the verb contingere ‘be in contact, befall’, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’. + -ous.