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neck
- IPA[nɛk]
英式
- the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body;the part of a garment that is around or close to the neck
- (of two people) kiss and caress amorously;swallow (something, especially a drink)
verb: neck, 3rd person present: necks, gerund or present participle: necking, past tense: necked, past participle: necked
noun: neck, plural noun: necks
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- 片語
名詞
- 1. the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body she had a silver crucifix around her neck
- ▪ the part of a garment that is around or close to the neck her dress had three buttons at the neck undone a round neck
- ▪ meat from an animal's neck neck of lamb
- ▪ a person's neck regarded as bearing a burden of responsibility or guilt he'll be stuck with a loan around his neck
- 2. a narrow connecting or end part of something.
- ▪ the part of a bottle or other container near the mouth he seized the neck of the whisky bottle
- ▪ a narrow piece of land or sea, such as an isthmus or channel the narrow neck of land between loch and sea
- ▪ a narrow part near one end of an organ, such as the uterus the neck of the womb, usually called the cervix
- ▪ the part of a violin, guitar, or other similar instrument that bears the fingerboard.
- ▪ a column of solidified lava or igneous rock formed in a volcanic vent, especially when exposed by erosion.
- ▪ a narrow supporting part in a plant, especially the terminal part of the fruiting body in a fern, bryophyte, or fungus.
- 3. the length of a horse's head and neck as a measure of its lead in a race Dolpour won by a neck from Wood Dancer
動詞
- 1. informal (of two people) kiss and caress amorously we started necking on the sofa
- 2. British informal swallow (something, especially a drink) after necking some beers, we left the bar
- 3. form a narrowed part at a particular point when subjected to tension the nylon filament necks down to a fraction of its original diameter