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单词 narrow gauge
释义

narrow1 /narˈō/

adjective
  1. Of little breadth
  2. Of small extent from side to side
  3. Closely confining
  4. Limited
  5. Contracted in mind or outlook
  6. Bigoted
  7. Not liberal
  8. Parsimonious (informal or dialect)
  9. With little to spare
  10. Close
  11. Strict, precise
  12. Detailed, thorough
  13. Strict
  14. Keen
  15. (of money) denoting the more liquid kinds (ie coins and notes), eg in hand, or readily withdrawn from a bank account, etc, opp to broad
  16. (of a vowel) tense, opp to broad (phonetics)
  17. (of a phonetic transcription) with a different symbol for each phoneme and diacritical marks to show different varieties of these phonemes, opp to broad (phonetics)
  18. (of animal foodstuffs) relatively rich in protein as compared to fat and carbohydrate
noun
  1. A narrow part or place
  2. (usu in pl) a narrow passage, channel or strait
adverb

Narrowly

transitive verb
  1. To make narrow
  2. To contract or confine
intransitive verb
  1. To become narrow
  2. To reduce the number of stitches in knitting
ORIGIN: OE nearu

narrˈowing noun

  1. The act of making less in breadth
  2. The state of being contracted
  3. The part of anything which is made narrower
adjective

Becoming narrower

narrˈowly adverb

  1. Barely
  2. With close attention
  3. In a narrow or restricted manner

narrˈowness noun

narrˈowband adjective

Broadcasting across a narrow range of frequencies

narrˈowboat noun

A canal-boat, esp one of 7ft (2.1m) or less in width, and 72ft (about 22m) in length

narrˈowcast transitive verb

narrˈowcasting noun

  1. Cable television
  2. Broadcasting to a limited, often targeted, audience
  3. The production and distribution of material on video tapes, cassettes, etc

narrow circumstances plural noun

Poverty, pennilessness

narrow escape noun

An escape only just managed

narrow gauge noun

A narrow-gauge railway

narrˈow-gaugeˈ adjective

(of a railway) less than 4ft 81/2in (about 1.4m) in gauge

narrˈow-mindˈed adjective

  1. Of a narrow or illiberal mind
  2. Bigoted, prejudiced

narrˈow-mindˈedly adverb

narrˈow-mindˈedness noun

narrow seas plural noun

The seas between Great Britain and the Continent and Great Britain and Ireland

narrow squeak noun

A narrow escape

gauge, also gage /gāj/

noun
  1. A measuring apparatus
  2. A standard of measure
  3. A means of limitation or adjustment to a standard
  4. A measurement, such as the diameter of a wire, calibre of a tube, or width of a row of slates
  5. The distance between a pair of wheels or rails
  6. A means of estimate
  7. The width of film or magnetic tape
  8. (usu gage) the relative position of a ship to another vessel and the wind (see lee1, weather)
transitive verb
  1. To measure
  2. To estimate
  3. To adjust to a standard
intransitive verb

To measure the contents of casks

ORIGIN: OFr gauge (Fr jauge)

gaugeˈable adjective

Capable of being gauged

gaugˈer noun

  1. A person who gauges
  2. A person who works in excise

gaugˈing noun

The measuring of casks holding excisable liquors

gauge boson noun (physics)

A type of particle that mediates the interaction between two fundamental particles

gauge glass noun

A tube to show height of water

gauge theory noun

Any one of the theories in particle physics that attempts to describe the various types of interaction between fundamental particles

gaugˈing-rod noun

An instrument for measuring the contents of casks

broad- or narrow-gauge

In railway construction, respectively greater or less than standard gauge, in Britain 1.435 metres (561/2 inches)
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