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narrowest

/nar-oh/US // ˈnær oʊ //UK // (ˈnærəʊ) //

最窄,最窄的,最狭窄的,最狭窄

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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    nar·row·er, nar·row·est.

    • : of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
    • : limited in extent or space; affording little room: narrow quarters.
    • : limited in range or scope: a narrow sampling of public opinion.
    • : lacking breadth of view or sympathy, as persons, the mind, or ideas: a narrow man, knowing only his professional specialty; a narrow mind.
    • : with little margin to spare; barely adequate or successful; close: a narrow escape.
    • : careful, thorough, or minute, as a scrutiny, search, or inquiry.
    • : limited in amount; small; meager: narrow resources.
    • : straitened; impoverished: narrow circumstances.
    • : New England. stingy or parsimonious.
    • : Phonetics. articulated with the tongue laterally constricted, as the ee of beet, the oo of boot, etc.; tense.Compare lax. utilizing a unique symbol for each phoneme and whatever supplementary diacritics are needed to indicate its subphonemic varieties.Compare broad.
    • : proportionately rich in protein.
v.无主动词 verb
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    • : to decrease in width or breadth: This is where the road narrows.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to make narrower.
    • : to limit or restrict: to narrow an area of search; to narrow down a contest to three competitors.
    • : to make narrow-minded: Living in that village has narrowed him.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a narrow part, place, or thing.
    • : a narrow part of a valley, passage, or road.
    • : narrows, a narrow part of a strait, river, ocean current, etc.
    • : The Narrows, a narrow strait from upper to lower New York Bay, between Staten Island and Long Island. 2 miles long; 1 mile wide.

Phrases

  • narrow escape
  • straight and narrow

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.confined, restricted
Forms: narrowed, narrowing, narrows
Synonyms
cramped狭窄的,狭窄,局促的definite明确的,确切的,明确,确定的limited有限的,有限,有限性precarious岌岌可危,不稳定,不稳定的,不稳定因素precise准确,精确,准确的,精密slender纤细,纤细的,苗条,苗条的slim苗条,纤细的,纤细,苗条的small小,小型,小的,小型的thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细tight紧,紧密,严格,紧张attenuated衰减的,衰减,减弱的,衰减型circumscribed周边的,周围的,周边,周密的close关闭,密切,结束,靠近compressed压缩的,压缩,压缩空气,压缩后confining拘束的,拘束,拘束性的,拘拘束束constricted拘束的,紧缩的,拘束,狭窄的contracted签约的,签订合同的,签约,签订合同exclusive独家,独占,专属,独占的fine罚款,精细,精细的,细致fixed固定的,固定,固定式,固定不变near靠近,濒临,靠近的,迩来pent凹槽,凹陷,凹陷的,凹痕pinched被夹住,被夹住的,被夹住了,掐死scant寥寥无几,稀少的,少量的,少量scanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄select选择,挑选,选取,选定set设置,一组,一套,集shrunken缩水的,缩水,缩水型,缩小的spare备用的,剩余的,剩余,空闲时间strait窄窄的,狭窄的,窄的,窄窄地taper锥度,锥形,锥体,锥形的tapered锥形的,锥形,锥型,锥状的tapering渐进式,渐进,缩减,渐进式的determinate决定性的,确定性,确定的,决定性exiguous冗长的,冗长,毗连的,毗连incapacious无能的,无能,无能为力,无能力linear线型,线性,直线型,线形meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的paltry微不足道,微不足道的,渺小,渺小的threadlike状的,状,状的线状,状的线
Antonyms
adj.intolerant, small-minded
Forms: narrowed, narrowing, narrows
Antonyms

Examples

  • The narrowest piece of land was at Panama, but it was covered in dense, mountainous jungle.

  • The score was, admittedly, 1-0 to Argentina, the narrowest possible margin of victory in football.

  • Both men have tried to redefine mass surveillance in the narrowest way possible.

  • What follows from here is a marvel of the artistry of argument, of a mind at work against the narrowest ideas of its age.

  • George W. Bush won reelection by the narrowest margin of any presidential incumbent in American history.

  • I led the whole party round to where the gut was narrowest, swam to the other side, and called to the black to follow me.

  • The salaries of his gentlemen and attendants were all on the narrowest scale.

  • They are not technical schools but cultural institutions in the narrowest, or broadest, sense of that term.

  • Here it is easy with the physical eye to look over the highest roof, which must also always be the narrowest.

  • Even in the narrowest view possible to the teacher, is it not for her interest that her pupils should be healthy?