neck-and-neck

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neck-and-neck 的定义

  1. 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.

neck-and-neck 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

very close

更多neck-and-neck例句

  1. As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
  2. As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
  3. But his fingers moved through her silky strands of hair, and then down her neck.
  4. Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
  5. Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.
  6. One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
  7. For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
  8. She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
  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.