• narrow /ˈnærəʊ/           CET4 TEM4 [ narrowing narrowed narrower narrows narrowest ]

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    形容词 Something that is narrow measures a very small distance from one side to the other, especially compared to its length or height. 狭窄的

    ...through the town's narrow streets.

    …穿过小镇狭窄的街道。

    She had long, narrow feet.

    她有一双瘦长的脚。

  • 2

    不可数名词 狭窄

    ...the narrowness of the river mouth.

    …河口的狭窄。

  • 3

    不及物动词 If something narrows, it becomes less wide. 变窄

    The wide track narrows before crossing another stream.

    宽宽的路径在穿越另一条小溪前变窄了。

  • 4

    及物动词/不及物动词 If your eyes narrow or if you narrow your eyes, you almost close them, for example because you are angry or because you are trying to concentrate on something. 眯起

    Coggins' eyes narrowed angrily. "You think I'd tell you?"

    科金斯愤怒地眯起双眼说，“你以为我会告诉你？”

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    形容词 If you describe someone's ideas, attitudes, or beliefs as narrow, you disapprove of them because they are restricted in some way, and often ignore the more important aspects of an argument or situation. (想法、态度、信仰等) 狭隘的

    ...a narrow and outdated view of family life.

    …对家庭生活狭隘过时的一种看法。

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    副词 狭隘地

    They may define their contribution too narrowly.

    他们可能把他们的贡献说得太狭隘了。

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    及物动词/不及物动词 If something narrows or if you narrow it, its extent or range becomes smaller. 使…缩小; 缩小

    Most recent opinion polls suggest that the gap between the two main parties has narrowed.

    最近的民意调查表明，两个主要政党之间的分歧已经缩小。

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    单数型名词 缩小

    ...a narrowing of the gap between rich members and poor.

    …贫富成员间差距的缩小。

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    形容词 If you have a narrow victory, you succeed in winning but only by a small amount. 勉强的

    Voters approved the plan by a narrow majority.

    投票人以微弱的多数通过了这个方案。

  • 10

    副词 勉强地

    She narrowly failed to win enough votes.

    她差点赢得足够的选票。

  • 11

    形容词 If you have a narrow escape, something unpleasant nearly happens to you. 很险的 (逃脱)

    Two police officers had a narrow escape when rioters attacked their vehicles.

    暴徒们攻击他们的车辆时，两名警官死里逃生。

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    副词 很险地 (逃脱)

    Five firemen narrowly escaped death when a staircase collapsed beneath their feet.

    一段楼梯在他们脚下坍塌时，五名消防队员险些丧命。

narrowing['nærəuiŋ]

• n.
  • 1

    an instance of becoming narrow

  • 2

    a decrease in width

  • 3

    the act of making something narrower

• adj.
  • 1

    becoming gradually narrower

    同义词： tapered / tapering

  • 2

    (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom

    同义词： constricting / constrictive

• 语言学

  • 缩小-引用次数：31

    What the figure of speech ‘hyperbole’ intends to exaggerate is the numeral feature of a thing, either enormously enlarging or extremely narrowing.

    “夸张”所扩大或缩小的是事物的数量特征。

    参考来源相邻关系视角下的“夸张”—《外语教学》—2008年第3期—龙源期刊网

• 艺术学

  • 狭义化-引用次数：3

    And during the process of the distortion, narrowing and being instead by the conception "art & design", the emotionalized factors that enveloped in the conception "art & craft" have been denied together.

    在“工艺美术”概念被曲解、狭义化、并逐步被“艺术设计”的概念所替代的过程中，其自身所带有的一些设计中的情感化因素也一起被否定了。

    参考来源从工艺美术概念的演变看中国设计观念的发展

• 化学

  • 窄化-引用次数：1

    参考来源复合结构光子晶体的制备与性质

• 纺织科学技术

  • 收针

• 地球科学

  • 准备巷道掘进

• 计算机科学技术

  • 狭义化

• 缩小

  • ... contracting 缔约的 dwindling 动词dwindle的现在... narrowing 缩小 ...

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• 缩窄

  • ... ③部分封闭（partial closure） ④缩窄（narrowing） ⑤滑动音（approximants／continuants） ...

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短语
• narrowing of spread
  收窄息差
• exchange narrowing
  交换窄化
• narrowing ribbon
  缩边
• band gap narrowing
  禁带收缩 | 和重掺杂能带变窄 | 带变窄
• collisional narrowing
  碰撞致窄
• narrowing of attention
  注意狭窄
• narrowing differences
  分歧收窄
• semantic narrowing
  语义狭义化 | 词义缩小
• narrowing of meaning
  词义缩小

• n.

  • 缩小，收缩；变窄

    reduction / shrinkage / contraction