单词 | narrow |
释义 | Word Frequency narrow(ˈnærəʊ) adjective 1. small in breadth, esp in comparison to length 2. limited in range or extent 3. limited in outlook; lacking breadth of vision 4. limited in means or resources; meagre narrow resources 5. barely adequate or successful (esp in the phrase a narrow escape) 6. painstakingly thorough; minute a narrow scrutiny 7. finance denoting an assessment of liquidity as including notes and coin in circulation with the public, banks'till money, and banks'balances narrow money Compare broad (sense 14)8. dialect overcareful with money; parsimonious 9. phonetics a. another word for tense1 (sense 4) b. relating to or denoting a transcription used to represent phonetic rather than phonemic distinctions c. another word for close1 (sense 21) 10. (of agricultural feeds) especially rich in protein 11. narrow squeak verb 12. to make or become narrow; limit; restrict noun 13. a narrow place, esp a pass or strait Derived forms narrowly (ˈnarrowly) adverb narrowness (ˈnarrowness) noun Word origin Old English nearu; related to Old Saxon naru |
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