nearby
关于nearby，near-by和near by，下面几点该注意：
（1）nearby只用作形容词。例如：They live in the nearby villages.
（2）near-by可以用作形容词，副词或介词，如They live in the near-by villages，They live near-by和They live near-by the school。用作副词和介词不普通，通常改用near by。
（3）near by是两个词。例如：They live near by.和They live near by the school.
（4）They live in the villages nearby里的nearby是形容词，当然可以改作near-by。改作near by也可以，等于that（或which）are near by。
