プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
せっする【接する】
&fRoman1;
❶〔隣り合う〕be close ((to))
国境に接する地帯
the area close to the border
道路に接する地所
a lot fronting on a road
倉庫が軒を接している通り
a street lined with warehouses
❷〔一点で出合う〕contact
二つの円が接する点
the point where two circles come in contact with each other
❸〔近づける〕
額を接してなにやら相談をしていた
They were discussing something with their heads close together.
きびすを接して
⇒きびす(踵)
&fRoman2;
❶〔接触する〕come in [into] contact ((with))
職業柄,著名人に接する機会が多い
I have many opportunities to meet [come in contact with] well-known people because of my profession.
初めて彼の芸術に接した
This is the first time I've come in contact with his work.
❷〔応対する〕
彼は客に丁寧に接した
He 「waited upon [attended to] his customers very politely.
❸〔受け取る〕receive
訃報(ふほう)に接する
receive the news of a person's death