prep 1 at the side of sb/sth; beside 在旁边或附近: He sat down next to Gita. 他在吉塔旁边坐下。There's a public telephone next to the bus stop. 公共汽车站旁边有个公用电话。
2 in a position after sth 在（某事物）之后；次于…: Next to English my favourite subject is Maths. 除了英语外，我最喜欢的学科是数学。
next to nothing almost nothing 几乎什么都没有:
We took plenty of money but we've got next to nothing left. 我们带了好多钱，但差不多已经花光了。