[mass noun]nearness in space, time, or relationship (时间、空间、关系的)靠近;亲近 do not operate microphones in close proximity to television sets. 不要在离电视机很近的地方使用麦克风。
proximity of blood
the closeness of a blood relationship
语源
late 15th cent.: from French proximité, from Latin proximitas, from proximus 'nearest'