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。