1 N-COUNT [usually poss NOUN] 颈;脖子 Your neck is the part of your body which joins your head to the rest of your body. 颈;脖子
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She threw her arms round his neck and hugged him warmly.
她伸出双臂搂住他的脖子,热情地拥抱他。
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He was short and stocky, and had a thick neck.
他矮壮结实,脖子很粗。
SYN nape
2 N-COUNT [usually singular] 衣领;领口 The neck of an article of clothing such as a shirt, dress, or sweater is the part which surrounds your neck. 衣领;领口
3 N-COUNT (瓶子、吉他等的)颈状部位,细长部分,颈部 The neck of something such as a bottle or a guitar is the long narrow part at one end of it. (瓶子、吉他等的)颈状部位,细长部分,颈部
4 V-RECIP [usually cont] 搂着脖子亲吻;相拥而吻 If two people are necking, they are kissing each other in a sexual way. 搂着脖子亲吻;相拥而吻 [informal] [Also VERB n]
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They sat talking and necking in the car for another ten minutes. [VERB]
他们在车里又坐了10分钟,边说边搂着亲热。
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I found myself behind a curtain, necking with my best friend's wife. [VERB + with]
我意识到自己在帘子后面吻着至友的妻子。
SYN pet [informal] , make out, snog [British , informal] , kiss and cuddle
5 N-SING [usu by a N] (赛马)以微弱优势(获胜),险(胜) If a horse wins a race by a neck, it wins by a very small distance. (赛马)以微弱优势(获胜),险(胜)
6 PHRASE 密切监视;紧紧盯住 If you say that someone is breathing down your neck, you mean that they are watching you very closely and checking everything you do. 密切监视;紧紧盯住
7 PHRASE (尤指选举中)并驾齐驱,难分高低 In a competition, especially an election, if two or more competitors are neck and neck, they are level with each other and have an equal chance of winning. (尤指选举中)并驾齐驱,难分高低
SYN level, equal, side by side, close together
8 PHRASE (常指为实现某事)冒险 If you say that someone is risking their neck, you mean they are doing something very dangerous, often in order to achieve something. (常指为实现某事)冒险
9 PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect] 保全(某人的工作或声誉) To save someone's neck means to prevent them from losing their job or harming their reputation. 保全(某人的工作或声誉)
10 PHRASE 担风险;找麻烦;惹祸 If you stick your neck out, you bravely say or do something that might be criticized or might turn out to be wrong. 担风险;找麻烦;惹祸 [informal]
11 PHRASE [NOUN inflects] 担负;缠住 If you say that you have something round your neck or around your neck, you mean that it is your responsibility and it causes you a lot of worry. 担负;缠住
12 PHRASE 深深陷入,被卷入(麻烦、罪行等) If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it. 深深陷入,被卷入(麻烦、罪行等) [informal]
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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。
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He is probably up to his neck in debt.
他很有可能债务缠身。
13 PHRASE 地段;附近地区 Someone or something that is from your neck of the woods is from the same part of the country as you are. 地段;附近地区 [informal]
14 to have a millstone round your neck→see: millstone the scruff of your neck→see: scruff
Word Partnership | Use neck with: |
N. | back/nape of the neck, head and neck, neck injury 1 |
ADJ. | broken neck, long neck, stiff neck, thick neck 1 3 |
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