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n,象形,脖子,意思为“颈部”,引申为“衣领”
n也有点像一个海岛,所以它有个不常见的意思是“海峡”
橙纸圣经:The neck of the neck looks like the neck.海峡的颈部像衣领。
固定搭配:neck and neck 齐头并进
Liu Xiang and 萝卜丝 run neck and neck.
词源记忆法
词源不详,可能来自PIE*kneug,弯,转,来自PIE*ken,弯,转,压,词源同nook.引申词义颈,脖子。
单词用法
neck的基本意思是“颈,脖子”,指头和躯干相连接的部分,引申可作“颈状物”解,是可数名词。
neck还可作“领圈,领口”解,一般是指衣服的领口,是可数名词。
近似词汇
leak v.使渗漏;泄露;漏
重要短语
neck and neck并驾齐驱,不分上下
bottle neck瓶颈
pain in the neck极讨厌的人或事
stiff neck脖子发僵,斜颈;顽固之人
He said the President was making a last ditch attempt to save his own neck.
他说总统正在作最后的努力,希望保住自己的声誉。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The black market was flourishing, everybody was corrupt, in it up to their necks...
黑市繁荣,每个人都已堕落,深陷其中。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》It's a legacy which will hang around the country's neck for some time to come.
这项遗留问题在未来的一段时间内仍将困扰这个国家。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The latest polls indicate that the two main parties are neck and neck...
最近的一次民意测验显示两个主要政党难分高下。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》He had enough friends in the right places to save his neck and cover up for him...
他有很多朋友能保全他,帮他打掩护。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》我在政治生涯中敢冒风险、有点叛逆是小有名气的。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Somebody's going to break their neck (= injure themselves) on these steps.
会有人在这台阶上摔伤的。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Most farmers have bank managers breathing down their necks.
大部分农场主的一举一动都受到银行经理们的密切关注。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》No-one should start working life with a debt round their neck...
任何人都不该身背债务开始工作生涯。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》It's so good to see you. What brings you to this neck of the woods?
见到你真高兴,哪阵风把你吹来了?
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》They sat talking and necking in the car for another ten minutes...
他们在车里又坐了10分钟,边说边搂着亲热。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》I found myself behind a curtain, necking with my best friend's wife.
我意识到自己在帘子后面吻着至友的妻子。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
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