音标:[ˈnærəud] ;
a. [医]狭窄的
v. (使)变窄( narrow的过去式和过去分词 )
s. reduced in size as by squeezing together
s. made narrow; limited in breadth

词性分布:
形容词100%

narrow的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. The shop sells only a narrow range of goods.这家商店商品的种类有限。
  2. The heavy traffic crawled through the narrow tunnel.拥挤的车辆慢吞吞地穿过狭窄的隧道。
  3. The gate is too narrow for a car.大门太窄,汽车进不去。
  4. What does the word mean in its narrowest sense?这个词的最狭义的意思是什麽?
  5. This is an inappropriate and narrow views.这是不适当的和狭隘的见解。
  6. A very narrow income has a tendency to contract the mind, and sour the temper.一种很有限的收入容易使一个人的心胸变窄,脾气变坏。
  7. She has very narrow ideas about religion.她对宗教的见解很狭隘。
用作名词(n.)
  1. This is a narrow sea that parts the French and English.这是个分开法国和英国的海峡。
  2. Finally the leading ships steamed in at night through the narrow strait.最后先头船只在夜间驶入狭窄的海峡。
  3. On treacherous terrain or narrow roads, they can be attacked.正通过险道隘路时,可以攻击。
  4. Toucans also have a narrow, feather-like tongue.巨嘴鸟也有狭窄部份,像羽毛一样的舌。
用作动词(v.)
  1. They planed to narrow the gap between imports and exports.他们计划缩小进出口的差额。
  2. In order to widen the road they have to narrow the pavement.为了拓宽道路只好将人行道弄窄。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. She steered the car skillfully through the narrow streets.她熟练地驾驶着汽车穿过狭窄的街道。
  2. The approach to the house is a narrow path.通向这所房屋的是一条很窄的小路。
  3. The only access to the garden is by a narrow path at the side of the house.到花园去的唯一途径是走房屋侧面的一条窄路。
  4. They closed the dog in a narrow cave.他们把那只狗关在一个狭窄的洞穴里。
  5. We had to force the pipe down a narrow hole to get it through.我们不得不使管道顺一个狭窄的洞往下走以使之穿过。
  6. We had to ram the pipe down a narrow hole.我们只好把管子沿一个窄洞塞下来。
  7. It is supported on a narrow base.它由一个狭窄的底座支撑着。
  8. The tug eased into the narrow docking space.拖船小心地驶入狭窄的码头停泊处。
  9. The box won't wedge into such a narrow space.那盒子塞不进那么窄的地方。
  10. When dams are new, they look like heaps of sticks sloping from a broad base to a narrow top.新坝刚筑起时看上去像由底部宽大顶部窄小且又有一定斜度的树枝堆起来的。
  11. His second book will appeal to a narrower audience, mainly teachers and college students.他的第二本书的读者面将比较狭小,主要是教师和大学生。
  12. They restricted themselves within narrow limits.他们把自己约束在狭小的范围之内。
  13. The decision was taken for narrow economic reasons, without considering its social effects.这一决定是从狭隘的经济观点作出的,并没有考虑社会效应。
  14. She won the championship by a narrow margin.她以微弱优势赢得冠军。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. Be careful when you back into the garage, the doorway is very narrow.你倒车入库时要小心,门道很窄。
  2. His world is narrow.他眼光狭窄。
It is/was+~+(for sb/sth) to- v
  1. The bridge is too narrow for two cars to pass.这桥太窄,并排通不过两辆车。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. The river narrows at this point.河在这里变窄了。
  2. The road narrows here.路在这儿变窄了。
  3. The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. In the bright sunlight she had to narrow her eyes.在强烈阳光下她必须眯着双眼。
  2. The doctor narrows his study.医生缩小了他的研究范围。
  3. Living in the convent narrowed her views.修道院生活使她的视野变窄。
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  5. The benefit was narrowed.利益变得越来越少了。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
narrow down (v.+adv.)
    (使)变窄; (使)减少; (使)缩小 (cause to) be limited or reducednarrow down

    The search has narrowed down to a few streets where the gunman might be hiding.

    搜查的目标已经缩小到几条街道了,那持枪的歹徒可能就藏在那里的什么地方。

    narrow sth ⇔ down

    The police have now narrowed down their list of suspects.

    警方现已缩小了嫌疑犯人数的范围。

    In the end the choice was narrowed down to three people who might be suitable for the job.

    最后,只剩下三人可供选择,看谁更适合干这种工作。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
  • narrow crack狭窄的裂缝
  • narrow escape from death幸免于难,死里逃生
  • narrow lane狭窄的胡同
  • narrow minded person心胸狭窄的人,思想狭隘的人
  • narrow mountain path狭窄的山道
  • narrow passageway狭窄的走廊
  • narrow river狭窄的河流
  • narrow road狭窄的路
  • narrow sense狭义
  • narrow space狭窄的空间
副词+~
  • uncomfortably narrow狭窄得难受的
~+介词
  • too narrow for a truck to pass窄得卡车开不过去
  • narrow in opinion见地狭隘
用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • narrow abruptly突然地变窄
  • narrow appreciably可觉察到地变窄
  • narrow impracticably行不通地变窄
  • narrow markedly明显地变窄
  • narrow perilously冒险地变窄
  • narrow strikingly显著地变窄
  • narrow down(使)变窄,(使)减少,(使)缩小
  • narrow an argument down缩小议论范围
~+介词
  • narrow into a strait(海洋)变窄而成海峡
  • narrow to miles狭窄到…英里

经典引文

  • A narrow window twelve feet long by two feet wide.

    出自:B. Moore
  • A lane so narrow that the bushes tangled their fingers together overhead.

    出自:J. Gardam
  • Mrs. Undine hunched her narrow shoulders.

    出自:J. Wilcox
  • Below the foot-bridge of the weir the stream suddenly narrowed to half its width.

    出自:T. Hardy
  • Stephen's concerns narrowed to practical matters: how soon he could leave.

    出自:I. McEwan
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