narrow

adjective · noun · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

narrowernarrowest

Superlative

narrowe

1.
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
a narrow hallway
2.
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
3.
(figuratively)Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
a narrow interpretation
4.
(alt of, contracted)Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
a narrow mind
narrow views
5.
Having a small margin or degree.
a narrow escape
The Republicans won by a narrow majority.
6.
(dated)Limited as to means; straitened
narrow circumstances
7.
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
8.
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
9.
(phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
10.
(computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
a narrow character; a narrow stream

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

narrowsnarrowe

1.
(in plural)(chiefly in the plural) A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water.
the narrows of New York harbor

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

narrows

V_ing/Gerund

narrowing

V_ed/pp

narrowednarrowe

1.
(transitive)To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
We need to narrow the search.
2.
(intransitive)To get narrower.
The road narrows.
3.
(of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.
She wagged her finger in his face, and her eyes narrowed.
4.
(knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
5.
(transitive)(transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
to narrow an int variable to a short variable

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

taper

Trái nghĩa

wide widen broad

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English narow, narowe, narewe, narwe, naru, from Old English nearu, from *naru, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz (constricted, narrow), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ner- (to turn, bend, twist, constrict). 2 cog Cognate with naar, noar, noor, nåår (narrow), noar, naar, nor; also.