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。