Narrow

['nærəʊ] or ['næro]

解释:

(noun.) a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water.

(verb.) make or become more narrow or restricted; 'The selection was narrowed'; 'The road narrowed'.

(adj.) limited in size or scope; 'the narrow sense of a word' .

(adj.) not wide; 'a narrow bridge'; 'a narrow line across the page' .

(adj.) very limited in degree; 'won by a narrow margin'; 'a narrow escape' .

巴顿整理--From WordNet

解释:

(superl.) Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

(superl.) Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

(superl.) Having but a little margin; having barely sufficient space, time, or number, etc.; close; near; -- with special reference to some peril or misfortune; as, a narrow shot; a narrow escape; a narrow majority.

(superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances.

(superl.) Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views.

(superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

(superl.) Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

(superl.) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; -- distinguished from wide; as e (eve) and / (f/d), etc., from i (ill) and / (f/t), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13.

(n.) A narrow passage; esp., a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water; -- usually in the plural; as, The Narrows of New York harbor.

(v. t.) To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of.

(v. t.) To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion.

(v. t.) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

(v. i.) To become less broad; to contract; to become narrower; as, the sea narrows into a strait.

(v. i.) Not to step out enough to the one hand or the other; as, a horse narrows.

(v. i.) To contract the size of a stocking or other knit article, by taking two stitches into one.

录入:玛丽埃塔

同义词及近义词:

a. [1]. Of little breadth.[2]. Contracted, circumscribed, limited, confined, straitened, cramped, pinched, scanty, incapacious, of small extent.[3]. Bigoted, selfish, niggardly, mean, ungenerous, parsimonious, covetous, mercenary, illiberal.[4]. Close, near, within a little, with little to spare, within narrow limits.

v. a. Contract, restrict, limit, cramp.

杰夫编辑

同义词及反义词:

SYN:Straight, straightened, slender, thin, spare, contracted, limited, cramped,pinched, scant, close, scrutinizing, near, bigoted, niggardly, tight

ANT:Wide, broad, ample, thick, expanded, easy, liberal

安德鲁手打

解释:

adj. of little breadth: of small extent from side to side: limited: contracted in mind: bigoted: not liberal: selfish: within a small distance: almost too small: close: accurate: careful.—n. (oftener used in the pl.) a narrow passage channel or strait.—v.t. to make narrow: to contract or confine.—v.i. to become narrow: to reduce the number of stitches in knitting.—adj. Narr′ow-gauge denoting a railroad of less width than 4 ft. 8?in.—n. Narr′owing the act of making less in breadth: the state of being contracted: the part of anything which is made narrower.—adv. Narr′owly.—adj. Narr′ow-mind′ed of a narrow or illiberal mind.—ns. Narr′ow-mind′edness; Narr′owness.—adjs. Narr′ow-pry′ing (Shak.) scrutinising closely inquisitive; Narr′ow-souled illiberal.—Narrow cloth cloth esp. woollen of less than 54 inches in width; Narrow work in mining the making of passages air-shafts &c.

编辑:梅森

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