| 单词 | narrow |
| 释义 | nar·row I. 1. a. < a narrow bay > < a narrow table > b. < a narrow sidewalk > c. of a textile 2. a. < narrow resources > < narrow nations > < in a narrower sense, history is the record of human events — A.L.Guérard > b. < narrow bounds > 3. a. (1) < a narrow income > < narrow circumstances > (2) < a narrow individual > < a narrow mind > b. chiefly dialect 4. a. < winner in the election by a narrow margin > b. < a narrow escape > 5. a. < a narrow inspection > b. < a machine with narrow tolerances > 6. of an animal ration 7. a. b. of pronunciation transcription 8. < a narrow market > also < a narrow price range > Synonyms: < a narrow tape > < a narrow street > < a narrow entrance > It commonly extends to signify cramped, restricted, or circumscribed < a narrow squeeze through a passage > < a narrow interpretation of a law > and often suggests the provincial, sectional, or partisan < a narrow sectarian opinion on a national problem > < a narrow mind > strait, now archaic or dialectic except in the phrase the strait and narrow path, more strongly than narrow implies tightness and closeness, commonly extending in meaning to include the idea of the strictness or rigorousness of great and distressing restraints < narrow is the gate and strait is the way, which leadeth unto life — Mt 7:14 (Douay Version) > < a strait prison > < to reform … some strait decrees that lie too heavy on the commonwealth — Shakespeare > II. a. b. < the Narrows of New York harbor > — usually used in plural but sometimes sing. in constr. c. III. transitive verb 1. 2. < narrow the powers of executive authority > : make less liberal or broad : limit < narrow one's views on education > intransitive verb < the river narrows above the town > |
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