Noun:

1. a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows;

   "`Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' is an example of apposition"
   

2. (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material

3. the act of positioning close together (or side by side);

   "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"
   

harmonyn.和谐；协调；调和；和声

juxtapositionn.并排；并置

collocationn.并列；并置；搭配

1. My cousin is in apposition with Mary in "Mary, my cousin, is here".
   在“我的表妹玛丽在这儿”此句中，“我的表妹”与“玛丽”是同位(或同格)关系。