请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 necking
释义
neckneck2 verb [intransitive usually in progressive] informal Verb Table
VERB TABLE
neck
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyneck
he, she, itnecks
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theynecked
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave necked
he, she, ithas necked
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad necked
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill neck
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have necked
Continuous Form
PresentIam necking
he, she, itis necking
you, we, theyare necking
PastI, he, she, itwas necking
you, we, theywere necking
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been necking
he, she, ithas been necking
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been necking
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be necking
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been necking
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Jemma found her friends necking in the back of the car.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He reverted to the stage of church camp necking.
  • On these drives, they usually end up parking somewhere, only to neck and stuff, according to Fifi.
  • Samantha starts necking Bob, and then starts necking me.
  • The two kids stayed by the doors, necking.
  • They went out in the backyard and necked with us.
  • We started necking on the sofa, and she undressed, and suggested the bedroom.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen two people kiss each other
· They kissed briefly, then he left the house.· They were on the sofa, curled up together, kissing.
British informal if two people, especially young people, snog , they kiss each other for a long time in a sexual way - used especially humorously: · Frances left the two of them snogging in a dark corner and went back to the dance floor.· Who's that guy snogging Fiona?
informal if two people, especially young people, are necking , they are kissing and touching each other in a sexual way: · Jemma found her friends necking in the back of the car.
informal if two people are smooching , they are kissing and holding each other in a romantic way: · In the semi-darkness, couples were smooching to sentimental love-songs.· The sales manager and the boss's wife were smooching in full view of everyone.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a brace that supports the neck etc) He was being fitted for a back brace.
 He craned his neck above the crowd to get a better view.
 He was getting a crick in his neck from leaning out of the window for so long.
 a permanently damaged knee joint
(=risk something bad happening to you) I’ve already put myself on the line for you once, and I’m not going to do it again.
 the soft warm nape of her neck
 I’m not going to risk my neck (=risk my life) just to save a common criminal.
 Alastair woke with a stiff neck.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • The project became a financial albatross for the city.
  • But what began as an enlightened innovation has become an albatross around the neck of the free enterprise system.
  • Their wingspan exceeds that of an albatross.
put your head/neck on the block
  • I'm already really busy today, and now Paul's breathing down my neck saying he wants the Paris deal completed.
  • I can't work with you breathing down my neck.
  • We'd better start sending out those letters soon -- I've had the sales manager breathing down my neck about it all week.
  • He would be breathing down your neck all the time.
  • Labour and the Liberal Democrats are breathing down his neck.
  • Maybe the Assistant Commissioner's wife was breathing down Maxham's neck.
  • The staff is breathing down your neck.
  • This particular heritage may be a millstone around the neck of scientific natural history.
  • Carla can be a pain sometimes, but she's been a good friend to me.
  • Everyone thinks he's a pain in the neck.
  • It's such a pain to have to drive downtown.
  • Little brothers are such a pain in the neck!
  • I hate the IVs, they hurt and are a pain.
  • I imagined myself traveling the world, giving succor wherever there was pain and suffering.
  • Instead all she could feel was pain.
  • Just the starting it is a pain and the tipping it to get it started is a pain.
  • She felt her strength returning, but there was pain in her eyes, chest and throat.
  • When I entered it, I was pained with the cold.
rick your back/necksave somebody’s skin/neck/bacon
  • It just caught me by the scruff of the neck and practically hammered my guts out.
  • One had hold of the other by the scruff of the neck and had fetched blood.
  • Three were dragged back on to the train and taken by the scruff of the neck from station to police car.
  • Your eyes narrow against the claws gripping you by the scruff of the neck until you let your hook of anger go.
  • Look, I'll stick my neck out and say it'll be finished by tomorrow evening.
  • The evidence is good, but I won't stick my neck out until all the data is in.
  • And many economists are reluctant to stick their necks out.
  • He'd stuck his neck out all right, but not as much as he'd led Holman to believe.
  • I want to stick my neck out and help her.
  • It was a place for people who wanted to stick their necks out.
  • Let Bixby stick his neck out for once, he thought as he stared wearily at his folded hands.
  • She listened to his ideas, had even stuck her neck out to champion some of his more radical plans.
  • So I have decided to stick my neck out and to make some predictions for the next 30 years.
  • You don't have to stick your neck out in meetings.
  • When Dean gets home, I'm going to wring his neck.
wring something’s neck
if two people are necking, they kiss for a long time in a sexual waynecking noun [uncountable]
随便看

 

英语词典包含52748条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 11:34:56