neck of the woods

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neck of the woods 的定义

  1. A neighborhood or region, as in He's one of the wealthiest men in our neck of the woods. Originally alluding to a forest settlement, this colloquial term is now used more loosely, for urban as well as rural locales.

neck of the woods 近义词

n. 名词 noun

a particular area

更多neck of the woods例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  3. Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
  4. Then she managed to struggle a mile through dark, rainy woods.
  5. But his fingers moved through her silky strands of hair, and then down her neck.
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
  8. For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
  9. As the window dropped, Ripperda saw the wounded postilion fall on the neck of his horse.
  10. About her neck was hung a covered basket and a door-key; and Davy at once concluded that she was Sindbad's house-keeper.