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单词 bottlenecked
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bottleneckedadj.

Brit. /ˈbɒtlnɛkt/, U.S. /ˈbɑdəlˌnɛkt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bottle n.3, necked adj.
Etymology: < bottle n.3 + necked adj., after bottleneck n.
Having a neck shaped like that of a bottle, esp. in being narrow or tapering; narrowed at one end. Also: designating this shape.
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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).
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