单词 | bottlenecked |
释义 | bottleneckedadj. Having a neck shaped like that of a bottle, esp. in being narrow or tapering; narrowed at one end. Also: designating this shape. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > like neck of bottle necked1545 bottlenecked1828 1800 Oracle & Daily Advertiser 4 Mar. 1/2 Vinegar-bottle-necked Lawyers, have in former times deemed themselves the most important beings in the universe.] 1828 Berks. Chron. 26 Apr. 1/5 There was a speckled and a bottle-necked hen. 1849 Bristol Mercury 30 June 7/1 The tidal wave was generated at the entrance of a bottle-necked estuary. 1885 Times 23 Feb. 12/2 It [sc. the ingot-mould] was cast hollow and forged to a bottle-necked shape. 1932 H. Simpson Boomerang vii. 140 No bottle-necked alleys to delay them. 1965 Bot. Gaz. 126 200/2 A small bottlenecked fruit with a sweet-acid taste. 2014 Dayton (Ohio) Daily News (Nexis) 23 Nov. c4 A high-powered shell is tapered or ‘bottle-necked’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1828 |
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