单词 | narrow-necked |
释义 | narrow-neckedadj. Of a container: having a narrow neck. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [adjective] > having specific type of mouth wide-mouthed1542 narrow-mouthed1563 narrow-necked1605 open-mouthed1660 wide-mouth1822 hole-mouth1909 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 192 The end of a narrowe necked glasse. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vrne, a narrow-necked pot..to..keepe water in. 1727 A. Pope Thoughts on Var. Subj. in Misc. Prose & Verse II. 48 It is with narrow-soul'd People as with narrow-neck'd Bottles. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 212 A ready method of coating narrow necked jars. 1899 Daily News 6 Oct. 5/2 There have been found several long narrow-necked jars. 1913 V. B. Lewes Oil Fuel 177 Below the jet a narrow-necked flask with a 50 c.c. mark on the neck is placed in the vessel containing some liquid at the same temperature as the oil. 1988 C. H. Collins Laboratory-acquired Infections (ed. 2) vii. 149 The narrow-necked ‘McCartney’ bottle..used for collecting blood. 2001 Independent (Electronic ed.) 24 Jan. The more technically ambitious and often monumental forms such as narrow-necked bottles some two feet tall..had a rare feeling of wholeness and unity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1605 |
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