Narrows
- IPA[ˈnerōz]
美式
- a strait about 2 miles (3.2 km) long connecting upper and lower New York Bay, between Staten Island and Brooklyn.
- 相關詞
- (especially of something that is considerably longer or higher than it is wide) of small width: he made his way down the narrow road
- become or make less wide: the road narrowed and crossed an old bridge the embankment was built to narrow the river
- a narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water: a basaltic fang rising from the narrows of the Upper Missouri
Oxford American Dictionary
- of small width in relation to length: he made his way down the narrow road
- become or make less wide: the road narrowed and crossed an old bridge the Victoria Embankment was built to narrow the river
- a narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water: there was a car ferry across the narrows of Loch Long
Oxford Dictionary
- a suspension bridge across New York Bay between Brooklyn and Staten Island, the longest in the ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- a suspension bridge across New York harbour between Brooklyn and Staten Island, the longest in ...
Oxford Dictionary
- poverty: it was a hard life and they were in narrow circumstances
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- the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
Oxford Dictionary
- a railway gauge which is narrower than the standard gauge of 4 ft 81/2 inches (1.435 m).
Oxford Dictionary
- a railroad gauge that is narrower than the standard gauge of 56.5 inches (143.5 cm).
Oxford American Dictionary
- a situation in which an accident or other unfortunate incident is barely avoided: he had a narrow escape in the street when part of a nearby house fell down
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