单词 | neck |
释义 | neck [nek] noun countable BODY PART 身体部位 ESSENTIAL ■the part of the body which joins the head to the shoulders 颈,脖子 •He had the thickest neck I'd ever seen.我从没见过他那么粗的脖子。 •She wore a gold chain around her neck.她脖子上戴着一条金链子。 ■the part of a piece of clothing which goes around a person's neck 衣领,领口•This sweater's too tight at the neck.这件毛衣的领口太紧了。 •He wasn't wearing a tie and his shirt was open at the neck.他没系领带,衬衫领口敞开着。 •a low-neck dress低领连衣裙 [nek] noun countable TOP PART 顶部 ■part of a hollow object which is at the top and is narrower than the part below it (物体的)颈部 •the neck of a bottle/guitar瓶颈/吉他的琴颈 ⇒ See also bottleneck;halterneck;redneck;roughneck;turtleneck[nek] noun countable be up to your neck (in sth) informal ■to be very busy 忙碌(于…) •I'd like to help, but I'm up to my neck at the moment.我很乐意帮忙,但我这现在正忙得不可开交。 [nek] noun countable be up to your neck in sth informal ■to be very involved in a situation, or to have too much of the thing stated 卷入…;深深陷入…;有太多的… •She's up to her neck in debt/problems/work.她债台高筑/问题缠身/工作繁忙。 [nek] noun countable get it in the neck UK informal ■to be punished or severely criticized for something that you have done 受到惩罚;遭到严厉指责 •Poor old Bob got it in the neck for [nek] noun countable neck and neck ■If two competitors are neck and neck, they are level with each other and have an equal chance of winning. (竞争者)旗鼓相当,不相伯仲 [nek] noun countable this/our, etc. neck of the woods informal ■this/our, etc. part of a particular area 在这/我们这一带等 •We don't often see you in this neck of the woods.我们在这儿不常看到你。 [nek] noun countable put your neck on the line ■to do something that you know might fail and spoil other people's opinion of you or cause you to lose money 冒(失败、名誉受损或金钱损失)的风险 •There's a lot of money at stake here and none of the directors wants to put his neck on the line.这牵涉到一大笔钱,没有任何一位导演愿意承担这个风险。 •No one wants to put their neck on the line and predict an outcome.没人愿意冒险预测结果。 [nek] verb intransitive old-fashioned informal ■to kiss and hold a person in a sexual way 拥吻 |
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