If something is nearby, it is only a short distance away.
At a nearby table a man was complaining in a loud voice.
邻桌的一个男人在高声抱怨着。
If someone, for example, lives or parks their car nearby, they live or park their car only a short distance away.
He might easily have been seen by someone who lived nearby.
住在附近的人很可能有谁见过他。
The helicopter crashed to earth nearby.
直升机在附近的地面坠毁。