释义 |
Adjective: narrow (narrower,narrowest) narow- Not wide
"a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page" - Limited in size or scope
"the narrow sense of a word" - Lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
"a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions" - narrow-minded - Very limited in degree
"won by a narrow margin"; "a narrow escape" - Characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
"a narrow scrutiny" - minute Verb: narrow narow- Make or become more narrow or restricted
"The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed" - contract, neck - Define clearly
"I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" - pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, specify - Become more focus on an area of activity or field of study
- specialize, specialise [Brit], narrow down - Become tight or as if tight
- constrict, constringe Noun: narrow narow- A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water
Derived forms: narrowing, narrowest, narrows, narrowed, narrower See also: bare, breadth, careful, closed-minded, close-minded, constricting, constrictive, dogmatic, dogmatical, illiberal, intolerant, limited, marginal, narrowed, narrowing, narrowly, narrow-mouthed, narrowness, opinionated, opinionative, petty, self-opinionated, slender, slimline, small-minded, strait [archaic], straplike, tapered, tapering, thin, width Type of: alter, change, determine, sound, strait, tighten, vary Antonym: wide, widen Encyclopedia: Narrow |