neck and neck 的定义
- So close that the advantage or lead shifts from one to the other or is virtually indistinguishable, as in The two are neck and neck in developing a new operating system for the computer. The term comes from horse racing, where the necks of two horses in competition appear to be side by side. [Early 1800s] For a synonym, see nip and tuck.
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- But his fingers moved through her silky strands of hair, and then down her neck.
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- One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
- For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
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- As the window dropped, Ripperda saw the wounded postilion fall on the neck of his horse.
- About her neck was hung a covered basket and a door-key; and Davy at once concluded that she was Sindbad's house-keeper.