narrow
英 ['n?r??]
美['n?ro]
- adj. 狹窄的，有限的；勉強的；精密的；度量小的
- n. 海峽；狹窄部分，隘路
- vt. 使變狹窄
- vi. 變窄
核心詞匯中高頻詞CET6考研TEM4CET4
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?narrows;過去式:?narrowed;過去分詞:?narrowed;現在分詞:?narrowing;比較級:?narrower;最高級:?narrowest;名詞:?narrowness;
中文詞源
narrow 狹窄的
來自古英語nearu,狹窄的，壓抑的，來自PIE*sner,彎，轉，扭曲。引申詞義狹窄的。
英文詞源
- narrow
- narrow: [OE] Narrow comes from a prehistoric Germanic *narwaz, whose only other modern representative is Dutch naar ‘unpleasant, sad’ (although it also occurs in Norva-sund, the Old Norse term for the ‘Straits of Gibraltar’). It is not known for certain where it comes from, but a connection has been suggested with Latin nervus ‘sinew, bowstring’ (source of English nerve) and Old High German snuor ‘string’, which might point back to an ancestral sense ‘tying together tightly’.
- narrow (adj.)
- Old English nearu "narrow, constricted, limited; petty; causing difficulty, oppressive; strict, severe," from West Germanic *narwaz "narrowness" (cognates: Frisian nar, Old Saxon naru, Middle Dutch nare, Dutch naar); not found in other Germanic languages and of unknown origin. The narrow seas (c. 1400) were the waters between Great Britain and the continent and Ireland. Related: Narrowness.
- narrow (n.)
- c. 1200, nearewe "narrow part, place, or thing," from narrow (adj.). Old English nearu (n.) meant "danger, distress, difficulty," also "prison, hiding place."
- narrow (v.)
- Old English nearwian "to force in, cramp, confine; become smaller, shrink;" see narrow (adj.). Related: Narrowed; narrowing.
雙語例句
- 1. Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.
- 帆船停泊在狹窄的水道上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He squeezed through a narrow opening in the fence.
- 他從圍欄上的狹窄缺口里擠了過去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.
- 他被指無趣乏味，古板守舊，心胸狹窄。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The voters gave a narrow win to Vargas Llosa.
- 投票者使巴爾加斯·略薩險勝.
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I hear you had a very narrow escape on the bridge.
- 我聽說你在橋上險些出事。
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