・This is the nearest (thing [equivalent]) we have to a dry martini. これはドライマーティーニに最も近いものです.

・⇒near-, near beer, near miss.

7 [限定的] やっとの, きわどい, 危うい (narrow).

・a near race いずれとも勝負の決し難い競走, 接戦.

・a near escape＝narrow escape.

・⇒a near THING.

8a (二つのものの)近い方の (far).

・the near side of the mountain 山のこちら側.

b もと 2 頭立ての御者は馬の左側について歩いたことから 左側の (left) (off).

・the near foreleg 左側の前脚.

・the near wheel (馬車の)左側の車輪.

・the near ox (左右一対の中)左側の牛.

・⇒nearside.