| 单词 | narrowing |
| 释义 | narrowing (once / 2971 pages) nadj WORD FAMILY narrowing: narrowings+/narrow: narrowed, narrower, narrowest, narrowing, narrowly, narrowness, narrows/narrowness: narrownesses USAGE EXAMPLES“Cynicism is growing and our hope for the future is narrowing down,” the director notes. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) A singular bright spot was a narrowing of the achievement gap between rich and poor students. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) “We’re not narrowing the gap. The gap is widening,” said Christopher J L Murray, one of the authors of the study. The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) 1n a decrease in width Ant|Hyper broadening, widening an increase in width decrease, decrement a process of becoming smaller or shorter 2n an instance of becoming narrow Hypo|Hyper coarctation (biology) a narrowing or constriction of a vessel or canal; especially a congenital narrowing of the aorta taperthe property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone) bottleneck, chokepoint, constrictiona narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel point, pointednessthe property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip unpointednessthe property of having only a dull tip (if any) configuration, conformation, contour, form, shape any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) 3n the act of making something narrower Ant|Hyper broadening, widening the act of making something wider change of shape an action that changes the shape of something 4adj becoming gradually narrower Syn tapered, tapering narrow not wide 5adj (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom Syn constricting, constrictive narrow not wide |
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