Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #1725
narrow
窄的；狭窄的
Having a small width; not wide.
- 1.
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
宽度小；不宽；两边或边缘靠得很近,尤其是与长度或深度相比。
- 2.
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
范围小；非常有限；受限制。
- 3.
Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
限制性的；没有灵活性或余地。
- 4.
Having a small margin or degree.
幅度或程度小。
- 5.
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
吝啬的；小气的；贪婪的；自私的。
- 6.
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
详细审查的；仔细的；准确的；精确的。
- 7.
Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
(元音)由舌头某部分与上颚的紧密位置形成的；或(根据贝尔)由咽部的紧张状态形成的；与宽元音相区别。
- 8.
Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
仅支持能适应传统8位表示的文本字符。
有限的；范围小的；严格的；缺乏灵活性的；勉强的；差距很小的；吝啬的；小气的；仔细的；精确的
In use
The alley was so narrow that two people couldn't walk side by side.
His narrow mind kept him from accepting new ideas.
They won the election by a narrow majority.
narrow [noun]
常用于修饰具体或抽象名词，表示宽度有限或范围小。
They walked through a narrow alley.
他们走过一条狭窄的小巷。
be narrow
描述主语具有狭窄的特性，常与程度副词连用。
The doorway is too narrow for the sofa.
门框太窄，沙发过不去。
narrower than
用于两者之间的比较，后接名词或代词。
This path is narrower than the main road.
这条小路比主路更窄。
Connections
Collocations
- narrow street
- 狭窄的街道
- The car could barely fit down the narrow street.汽车几乎无法穿过那条狭窄的街道。
- narrow escape
- 死里逃生
- He had a narrow escape from the fire.他死里逃生，从火灾中幸存下来。
- narrow margin
- 微弱的优势/差距
- She won the election by a narrow margin.她以微弱优势赢得了选举。
- narrow view
- 狭隘的观点
- Her narrow view of the world prevented her from understanding other cultures.她狭隘的世界观阻碍了她理解其他文化。
- narrow range
- 狭窄的范围
- The study only covered a narrow range of topics.这项研究只涵盖了狭窄的话题范围。
- narrow focus
Learner notes
Memory Tip
narrow 中有 arrow（箭），箭身细长，故表示“窄”。
Context & Register
通常用于描述物理宽度或限制范围，中性语域，常见于日常和正式语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words contain the spelling 'arrow' and rhyme with /ˈæɹəʊ/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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