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neck 音標拼音: [n'ɛk] n. 脖子,衣領,頸
vi. 擁抱,擁吻,收縮
vt. 割頸 脖子,衣領,頸擁抱,擁吻,收縮割頸 neck瓶頸 neck n 1: the part of an organism ( human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; " he admired her long graceful neck"; " the horse won by a neck" [ synonym: { neck}, { cervix}] 2: a narrow elongated projecting strip of land 3: a cut of meat from the neck of an animal 4: a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form; " the banjo had a long neck"; " the bottle had a wide neck" 5: an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer' s neck [ synonym: { neck}, { neck opening}] v 1: kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; " The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" [ synonym: { neck}, { make out}] Neck \ Neck\ ( n[ e^] k), n. [ OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.] 1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal; as: ( a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd. ( b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts. ( c) ( Mus.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Mech.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root. [ 1913 Webster] { Neck and crop}, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and at once. [ Colloq.] { Neck and neck} ( Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side. { Neck of a capital}. ( Arch.) See { Gorgerin}. { Neck of a cascabel} ( Gun.), the part joining the knob to the base of the breech. { Neck of a gun}, the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle. { Neck of a tooth} ( Anat.), the constriction between the root and the crown. { Neck or nothing} ( Fig.), at all risks. { Neck verse}. ( a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty- first Psalm, " Miserere mei," etc. -- Sir W. Scott. ( b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one' s fate; a shibboleth. These words, " bread and cheese," were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing " broad and cause," being presently put to death. -- Fuller. { Neck yoke}. ( a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses. ( b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things ( as buckets of water or sap) suspended from one' s shoulders. { On the neck of}, immediately after; following closely; on the heel of. " Committing one sin on the neck of another." -- W. Perkins. { Stiff neck}, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy. " I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck." -- Deut. xxxi. 27. { To break the neck of}, to destroy the main force of; to break the back of. " What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause." -- Milton. { To harden the neck}, to grow obstinate; to be more and more perverse and rebellious. -- Neh. ix. 17. { To tread on the neck of}, to oppress; to tyrannize over. [ 1913 Webster]
neck \ neck\, v. i. To kiss and caress amorously. [ Colloq.] -- n. { necking}. [ PJC]
Neck \ Neck\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Necked}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Necking}.] ( Mech.) To reduce the diameter of ( an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft. [ 1913 Webster] 180 Moby Thesaurus words for " neck": abbreviation, advocate, alpenstock, and quarter, ankle, arm, articulation, astriction, astringency, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, bearer, bill and coo, bottleneck, boundary, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, breast, butt, buttress, canal, cane, carrier, cervix, channel, chicken foot, circumscription, clinch, closure, coarctation, compactedness, compaction, compression, compressure, concentration, condensation, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, consolidation, constriction, constringency, contraction, contracture, copulate, corset, coupling, crook, crutch, curtailment, dally, dark meat, decapitate, decollate, decrease, defile, diminuendo, dovetail, draw, drumstick, elbow, embrace, foundation garment, fulcrum, gibbet, giblets, girdle, gliding joint, guillotine, guy, guywire, hang, head, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hourglass, hourglass figure, interface, isthmus, jock, jockstrap, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knitting, knuckle, leg, link, lollygag, lynch, mainstay, maintainer, make love, make out, mast, miter, mortise, narrow, narrow place, narrowing, narrows, noose, oyster, pass, pet, pivot, pivot joint, prop, puckering, pursing, rabbet, reduction, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rigging, scarf, scrag, seam, shortening, shoulder, shroud, smooch, solidification, spine, spoon, sprit, staff, standing rigging, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, stitch, strait, stranglement, strangulation, strengthener, stretch, striction, stricture, string up, support, supporter, sustainer, suture, sweet- talk, symphysis, systole, thigh, throat, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, toy, trifle, turkey foot, union, upholder, walking stick, wanton, wasp waist, weld, whisper sweet nothings, white meat, wing, wishbone, wrinkling, wrist |
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