英:[ˈnærəʊ]
美:[ˈnæroʊ]
英:[ˈnærəʊ]
美:[ˈnæroʊ]
nar·row
nae ro
narrower, narrowest
narrowly (adv.), narrowness (n.)
词根:narrow
adv.narrowly 仔细地;勉强地;狭窄地;严密地
n.narrowness 狭小,狭窄;小气
adjective
of slender width
a long and narrow room
of less than standard or usual width
a narrow sidewalk
of a textile woven in widths usually less than 18 inches (46 centimeters)
limited in size or scope
a narrow interpretation
illiberal (see illiberal sense a) in views or disposition : prejudiced
the days of cold hearts and narrow minds—T. B. Macaulay
chiefly dialectal stingy, niggardly
barely sufficient : close
won by a narrow margin
barely successful
a narrow escape
minutely precise : meticulous
a narrow inspection
of an animal ration relatively rich in protein as compared with carbohydrate and fat
tense sense 3
verb
transitive verb
to decrease the breadth or extent of : contract—often used with down
to decrease the scope or sphere of : limit—often used with down
narrow down the choices
intransitive verb
to lessen in width or extent : contract—often used with down
noun
a narrow part or passagespecifically: a strait connecting two bodies of water —usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction
narrow sense狭义
narrow band[计]窄带,窄频带;[经]狭小汇率幅度
narrow strip窄带钢;窄带材
narrow gap窄隙;狭窄通路
narrow pulse窄脉冲
narrow down缩小;限制;减少;变窄
narrow road窄路;窄道
in a narrow sense在狭义上
narrow opening窄巷道;狭小通道
narrow escape九死一生,幸免于难;千钧一发
narrow beam(计)窄电子束
narrow gauge窄轨铁路;窄影片
narrow linewidth窄线宽
narrow victory险胜
中古英语 narwe,源自古英语 nearu “宽度小,不宽或广; 狭窄的,有限的; 琐碎的; 引起困难的,压迫的; 严格的,严厉的”,来自西日耳曼语 *narwaz “狭窄”(源头还包括弗里西亚语 nar,古撒克逊语 naru,中古荷兰语 nare,荷兰语 naar),在其他日耳曼语言中没有发现,起源不明。
关于铁路, narrow-gauge(也 narrow-gage)最早见于1841年,最初指的是小于标准的4英尺8.5英寸的铁路。 narrow seas(15世纪中期)是指大不列颠和欧洲大陆以及爱尔兰之间的水域,但特指多佛海峡。
Adjective, Verb, and Noun Middle English narowe, from Old English nearu; akin to Old High German narwa scar
The first known use of narrow was before the 12th century
nasal1 of 2noun
a nasal consonant
nasal2 of 2adjective
of or relating to the nose
uttered with passage of air through the nose the nasal vowels in French
the nasal consonants \m\, \n\, and \ŋ\
marked by resonance produced through the nose
speaking in a nasal tone
nasal1 of 2noun
a nasal consonant
nasal2 of 2adjective
of or relating to the nose
uttered with passage of air through the nose the nasal vowels in French
the nasal consonants \m\, \n\, and \ŋ\
marked by resonance produced through the nose
speaking in a nasal tone
narwhalnoun
an arctic sea mammal that is about 20 feet (six meters) long, is related to the dolphins and whales and in the male has a long twisted ivory tusk
narrow1 of 3adjective
of slender width
a narrow space
of less than usual width
narrow roads
limited in size or scope
a narrow selection of jeans
not broad or open in views or opinions
narrow in their thinking
barely enough for the purpose : close
won by a narrow margin
barely successful
a narrow escape
narrow2 of 3noun
a narrow part or passageespecially: a strait connecting two bodies of water —usually used in plural
narrow3 of 3verb
to lessen in width or extent : contract
narrow1 of 3adjective
of slender width
a narrow space
of less than usual width
narrow roads
limited in size or scope
a narrow selection of jeans
not broad or open in views or opinions
narrow in their thinking
barely enough for the purpose : close
won by a narrow margin
barely successful
a narrow escape
narrow2 of 3noun
a narrow part or passageespecially: a strait connecting two bodies of water —usually used in plural
narrow3 of 3verb
to lessen in width or extent : contract
narrow1 of 3adjective
of slender width
a narrow space
of less than usual width
narrow roads
limited in size or scope
a narrow selection of jeans
not broad or open in views or opinions
narrow in their thinking
barely enough for the purpose : close
won by a narrow margin
barely successful
a narrow escape
narrow2 of 3noun
a narrow part or passageespecially: a strait connecting two bodies of water —usually used in plural
narrow3 of 3verb
to lessen in width or extent : contract
narrow1 of 3adjective
of slender width
a narrow space
of less than usual width
narrow roads
limited in size or scope
a narrow selection of jeans
not broad or open in views or opinions
narrow in their thinking
barely enough for the purpose : close
won by a narrow margin
barely successful
a narrow escape
narrow2 of 3noun
a narrow part or passageespecially: a strait connecting two bodies of water —usually used in plural
narrow3 of 3verb
to lessen in width or extent : contract
narrow1 of 3adjective
of slender width
a narrow space
of less than usual width
narrow roads
limited in size or scope
a narrow selection of jeans
not broad or open in views or opinions
narrow in their thinking
barely enough for the purpose : close
won by a narrow margin
barely successful
a narrow escape
narrow2 of 3noun
a narrow part or passageespecially: a strait connecting two bodies of water —usually used in plural
narrow3 of 3verb
to lessen in width or extent : contract
1 Esteban had to park the car several blocks away, because the streets had got narrower and narrower until they were only for bicycles and people on foot.
2 Scar tissue can cause the artery to became narrow again.
瘢痕组织能够造成动脉再次变窄.
3 “Part of the way you can. But the road is narrow and messy back up in there,” said Vernell.
4 She was half in, half out of the narrow passage.
5 For long days and nights, stories flew over my head as I slept in my narrow bed at Bush Hill.
6 My eye flies to the narrow bathroom window.
7 They led me into a narrow cell where I spent the rest of the night sitting in a chair.
8 He focused on me and narrowed his eyes, as if he were reading my thoughts.
9 The hallway was so narrow that though Lefty had his back against the wall, he had to draw his knees up toward his chest.
10 I pull back the curtains and this little slice of Detroit opens up to me—an empty paved road and small houses with only a narrow space separating one from the other.
11 The four of us filled the narrow hallway between the two front rooms.
12 The river narrowed and the banks rose higher, growing into dark limestone cliffs with sides too steep for the jungle to cling to.
13 Because there was no room for love and lullabies in the narrow trench, Mother snapped sharply at Maha, who quickly stopped her crying.
14 The Duchess pondered, and her old eyes narrowed.
15 The tunnel through the Wall was narrow and twisting, and many of the wildlings were old or ill or wounded, so the going was painfully slow.
16 A narrow strip of light falls into the room.
17 within the narrow limits allowed by law
18 Sticking her dagger through the opening for light, Annabeth could see a lower chamber, long and narrow, with a mosaic floor, painted walls, and benches running down either side.
19 To my great surprise the opening had narrowed.
20 A very narrow income has a tendency to contract the mind, and sour the temper.
一种很有限的收入容易使一个人的心胸变窄,脾气变坏。
2 窄小
4 缩小
reduced coarctate shrinkage diminution coarctation reduce contract diminish shorten shrink lessen minify constricted contraction downgrade close constrict stop down scale back scale down cameo loss Peter dwindle razee in little belittle de-escalate fine lower detract calcine cut-down reduction pare cut down cut down on shave off cut down to miniature imperfect contracted peaked peak neck recede deescalate minish
5 窄小的
6 小
little small limited minor slim marginal petty wee fiddling piddling poky S -ette -let mini- low young junior tenuous scanty petit inconsiderable one-horse lepto- oligo- micro- fils -rel belittle
7 变狭
8 眼光短浅的
9 目光短浅的
11 减少
waning sagging Down improvement decrease contraction downgrade dilution shrinkage diminution fall-off falling-off slack reduce improve contract slow decline shrink dull diminish weaken lessen sag wane falter abate cut lower compromise dilute curtail slacken whittle down take away from shave off smooth over wind-down fall loss drop-off rundown cutback decrement dwindle shed chop shave de-escalate save drop smooth thin relax shorten cut into fall off take from fall away
13 微小
minute slender microscopic stingy tiddly minutely micro- fineness slenderness slimness slightness
14 褊狭
local provincial suburban intolerant small-town parochial insular confining single-track hidebound one-track cabined insularity provincialism provinciality
17 吝啬的
narrow-fisted mean little small close near tight managing skinny shabby scant paltry scaly stingy sordid skimpy scanty miserly screwy grudging illiberal parsimonious churlish penny-pinching ungenerous penurious niggard mingy tightfisted unhandsome costive cheeseparing pinchpenny close-fisted hardfisted gripple iron fisted cheap careful miserable scotch grasping scrimp nippy chary beggarly closefisted ironfisted chinchy
18 狭幅的
19 狭窄
unenlarged close limited restricted strait confined stenotic stenosed straitly stenosis stricture narrowness coarctation straitness straiten provincial hairline poky little boxy by an eyelash cramp cabined contraction closeness constriction angustate incapacious tight bottleneck cramped two-by-four scanty tucked littleness
20 拮据的
23 狭隘
provincial trivial insular illiberal small-minded blinkered narrowness provincialism small-mindedness petty narrow-minded jaundiced narrowly local strait bottleneck parochial
24 使收缩
27 严密
severe sharp strict rigorous rigid closely strictly rigor rigidity closeness thoroughness close exact careful thorough airtight severely narrowly severity nicety rigour
28 微弱
little small low thin weak shallow pale faint vague frail feeble tenuous thinly faintly wanly tenuously shallowness feebleness tenuousness
30 勉强的
near stiff forced reluctant unwilling strained contrived constrained grudging labored begrudging uncheerful unnatural ungracious thin afraid bare fain disinclined acceptable hesitant loath indisposed humourless will mechanical left-hand mechanic dainty tardy reticent left-footed farfetched uneager
32 穷困
strait needful back-alley want distress privation destitution neediness indigence embarrass impoverish
36 小气的
mean close scotch skimpy miserly small-minded penny-pinching chintzy ungenerous pimping niggard mingy unhandsome cheeseparing close-fisted
37 缺乏
void miserable scarce stringent deficient scant scanty out short need want lack default failure absence poverty defect deficiency drought strait scarcity dearth defection paucity privation destitution penury poorness fail pinch short coming
38 狭隘的
petty parochial narrow-minded introverted insular illiberal provincial trivial small-minded blinkered little small suburban sectarian jaundiced local strait bottleneck
39 小的
little small limited minor slim marginal petty wee fiddling piddling poky -ette mini- low young junior tenuous scanty petit inconsiderable one-horse oligo- micro-
41 准确
right perfect accurate exact precise pinpoint copybook exactly truly precisely faithfully accuracy precision nicety particularity on the money on the nose to the minute on the button
44 有限的
limited restricted finite confined modest strait measurable sparing on short commons small terminate determinate one-horse limitary incapacious two-by-four
45 有限
limited modest restricted finite modesty strait measurable sparing on short commons small narrowly terminate confined determinate one-horse finitude number limitary incapacious two-by-four
47 心眼儿窄的
48 偏狭
provincial parochial insular provincialism intolerant small-town pettiness suburban hidebound pettily intolerance bigotry parochialism philistinism parochiality
49 仔细
minute accurate careful painstaking studious chary diligent circumspect thoroughgoing curiosity
50 贫穷的
poverty-striken small poor needy destitute indigent penurious impecunious scrabbly depauperate
51 受限制的
qualified restricted finite cramped confined strait limitary captive squeezy closed-in unrelaxed in check limited restrained reserved
52 峡谷
gap canyon gorge glen rent pocket notch gill ravine chasm defile couloir gulch clough combe nullah kloof khud
53 精确
minute perfect true accurate exact precise strict rigorous immaculate exactly literally precisely accuracy precision fidelity nicety particularity preciseness to a T like clockwork on the button proper formal mathematical truly properly pinpoint delicacy veracity copybook rigour on the nose fair and square authentic right nicely finely faithfully exactitude
56 有局限的
58 艰困
59 狭窄的
unenlarged close limited restricted strait confined stenotic stenosed coarctate provincial hairline poky little boxy cramped slim angustate incapacious tight cramp bottleneck two-by-four scanty tucked
60 心地狭窄的
61 贫乏
poor weak lean spare sparse barren arid scant meager tenuous indigent scanty poverty-stricken washy sparing scraggy exiguous jejune barely poorly sparely wasteland paucity spareness tenuity sterilize
63 勉强
near stiff forced reluctant unwilling strained contrived constrained grudging labored begrudging uncheerful nearly reluctantly grudgingly unwillingly forcedly loathly constraint reluctance unwillingness by constraint unnatural disinclined ungracious just narrowly disinclination scarcely imposition impose loath scarce moderately with a bad grace with bad grace by the skin of your teeth at a push thin acceptable hesitant indisposed humourless only just will mechanical left-hand fain willy-nilly tolerability reluct mechanic dainty tardy reticent left-footed farfetched uneager barely scant reticence constrain oneself
65 贫乏的
poor weak lean spare sparse barren scant meager tenuous indigent scanty poverty-stricken washy sparing scraggy exiguous jejune
66 严格的
close severe strict rigorous rigid stern relentless stringent exacting repressive dour strait rugged austere ironclad unbending firm exact tight
67 有限制的
69 仅仅
but just only simply alone all pure merely exclusively solely purely scarcely nobbut mere all the no more than
70 受限制
cramped confined circumscription strait limitary captive squeezy closed-in unrelaxed restrict in check limited qualified restricted reserved trap
71 狭义的
72 狭小的
73 收紧
74 贫穷
poverty-striken small poor needy destitute indigent penurious impecunious scrabbly depauperate poorly misease need want poverty necessity misery beggar pauper destitution neediness penury indigence poorness depauperize ill-being cold purse
75 收缩
shrink traction contraction shrinkage recede constrict contract constringent constrictive contractive astriction constringency gather knot pinch constriction striction astringe reef deflate straiten astrict
76 精密
close exact sophisticated precision delicate rigorous truly nicely rigor delicacy closeness nicety exactness exactitude circumstantiality to an inch
77 精细
curious subtle elaborate tenuous finely fine rarefy subtilize fragile refinement delicacy nicety particularity fineness
78 缩减
reduction austerity drawdown diminution diminish deplete curtail pare slenderize scrimp scrimpy impansion contraction trim squeeze trim down take in a reef
79 间不容发
near hairbreadth hairsbreadth nearly squeak hair's breadth a hair's breadth by a hair's breadth within a hair's breadth by the skin of teeth
80 度量小的
81 狭小
82 使狭窄
83 迫近的
84 褊狭的
local provincial suburban intolerant small-town parochial insular confining single-track hidebound one-track cabined
88 变细
89 吝啬
narrow-fisted mean little small close near tight managing skinny shabby scant paltry scaly stingy sordid skimpy scanty miserly screwy grudging illiberal parsimonious churlish penny-pinching ungenerous penurious niggard mingy tightfisted unhandsome costive cheeseparing pinchpenny close-fisted hardfisted gripple skimpingly nearly meanly stingily charily pikerism closeness nearness meanness smallness parsimony penury stinginess littleness miserliness illiberality chariness pinch skimp scrimp iron fisted cheap careful miserable scotch grasping nippy chary beggarly closefisted ironfisted chinchy hunks squeeze the eagle
90 间不容发的
91 眯起来
94 小气
mean close scotch skimpy miserly small-minded penny-pinching chintzy ungenerous pimping niggard mingy unhandsome cheeseparing close-fisted skimpingly meanly stingily pikerism meanness smallness parsimony
97 限制
saving bound restrictive determinative line term limit mark tie parameter limitation restriction terminal qualification modification lid imprisonment leash confinement condition modify bind spare restrict terminate confine cramp stint restrain imprison crib swaddle circumscribe astrict bind down set limits to set a term to hedge about exclusive bar reserve constraint restraint rein bridle abridgement zariba box chain regulate hamper corset constipate abridge trammel entrammel contract qualify straiten block up hem in peg down block in limiting downhold astriction regulation string reservation curb embargo stricture circumscription ring-fence determine pinch peg bottleneck scant limitary limitative disability clamp contraction constipation conscribe reduce padlock fetter set measures to fence around cage in
99 精确的
minute perfect true accurate exact precise strict rigorous immaculate proper formal mathematical precision copybook authentic pinpoint
100 偏狭的