Their property abuts [=adjoins] our property. = Their property and our property abut each other. [=their property is directly next to our property; an edge of their property touches an edge of our property]他们的地产和我们的紧挨着。
[no object]
Their property and our property abut.他们的地产和我们的紧挨着。
— often + on
Their property abuts on our property.他们的地产和我们的紧挨着。
Their property and our property abut. our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English abutten, borrowed from Anglo-French abuter, from a-, verb-forming prefix (going back to Latin ad-ad-) + bout, but "push, thrust, blow, end, extremity," noun derivative from bouter, boter "to push, thrust, strike" — more at butt entry 3