1 having only a short distance from side to side 狭窄的:
The bridge is too narrow for two cars to pass.这座桥太窄了,两辆汽车不能同时驶过。 [OPP] wide or broad 反义词为wide或broad
2 not large 小的;不大的:
a narrow circle of friends交游不广
3 by a small amount 些微之差的;勉强的:
That was a very narrow escape. You were lucky.那真是死里逃生,你真幸运。a narrow defeat/victory在相差极少的情况下失利;险胜
narrowverb [I,T]
The road narrows in 50 metres.再走50米,这道路就变窄了。 ➔narrownessnoun [U]
narrow sth down to make a list of things smaller 把一连串东西缩减;缩小范围:
The police have narrowed down their list of suspects to three.警方已经把嫌疑犯的人数缩小到三人。
narrow1/ˋnæro; ˈnærəʊ/adj 1 something that is narrow measures a short distance from one side to the other [ wide ; → broad] 狭窄的: the narrow streets 狭窄的街道his narrow bed 他的窄床The stairs were very narrow. 楼梯很窄。2 narrow escape when you only just avoid danger or trouble 死里逃生﹐险些遇险: We had a narrow escape when a bus hit the car. 一辆公共汽车撞到了车子﹐我们险些出事。3 narrow victory/defeat etc when someone wins or loses by only a small amount 险胜/惜败等4 limited 有限的﹔狭隘的: a narrow view of life 狭隘的人生观 —narrowness n [U]
narrow2v [I,T] to become narrower, or to make something narrower (使)变窄: The road narrows here. 路在这里变窄了。narrow sth down phr v to reduce the number of people or things that you can choose from 缩小…的选择范围: +to We’ve narrowed down the number of candidates to two. 我们把候选人的数目缩减到两个。
narrownarrownarrowsnarrowednarrowingnarrowernarrowestadjective (narrower, narrowest)1not far from one side to the other: The bridge was very narrow.a narrow ribbonoppositebroad or wide2by a small amount: We had a narrow escape – the car nearly hit a tree.a narrow defeat