의미: narrow

nar·row a. (narrow·er; narrow·est)

1 (길이에 비하여) 폭이 좁은, 좁다란(opp. broad, wide); 가는

2 <공간·장소가> 좁은, 여유가 없는
▶ narrow quarters 밀집 지대

3 <흥미·범위·경험·의미 등이> 한정된, 제한된; <의미가> 협의의
▶ a narrow circle of friends 한정된 테두리의 친구들

4 마음이 좁은, 편협한

5 [A] 간신히 이룬, 가까스로의
▶ a narrow victory 간신히 이긴 승리
▶ by a narrow margin 겨우, 아슬아슬하게

6 <자원·수입 등이> 부족한, 옹색한, 모자란, 불충분한
▶ narrow resources 부족한 재원

7 《문어》 <검사 등이> 정밀한, 엄밀한(minute)
▶ a narrow search 철저한 수색

8 《영·방언·스코》 인색한(mean) 《with》

9 【음성】

a <음성 표기가> 정밀한(opp. broad)

b 긴장음의; 혀의 근육이 긴장한
have a narrow escape[shave, 《구어》 squeak] 구사일생하다
in a narrow sense 협의로
in narrow means[circumstances] 궁핍하여
━ n.

1a (도로 등의) 좁은 부분

b 《미》 (산 사이의) 좁은 길(pass)

2 [보통 pl.] 해협

3 [the Narrows] 내로스 해협 《뉴욕 항으로 통하는 Staten Island와 Long Island 사이의》
━ vt.

1 좁히다, 좁게 하다; 가늘게 하다
▶ narrow one’s eyes 눈을 가늘게 뜨다

2 한정[제한]하다

3 <마음을> 편협[옹졸]해지게 하다
━ vi. 좁아지다; 가늘어지다
▶ 《narrow+부》 The valley narrowed more and more. 골짜기는 점점 더 좁아져 갔다.
▶ 《narrow+전+명》 The road narrows into a footpath. 그 길은 좁아져 소로(小路)가 된다.
narrow down <범위 등을> 좁히다[좁혀지다] 《to》; 요점에만 국한하다, <논의를> 요약하다
narrow in on <목표물이> 가까워지다; <유도탄·비행기가> (자동 장치로) 목표를 향하다
narrow·ness n. [U] 협소(함), 좁음; 옹졸, 편협
▷ nárrowly ad.

narrow 관용구

narrow escape

an escape with no chance of error He had a narrow escape when he almost fell from his bicycle.

narrow down

become narrow；become limited；reduce变窄；缩小；减少
The path has narrowed down a lot since I was last here．自我上次到这里以来，这条路已窄了许多。
The selection committee has narrowed down the original pile of applications to just these five．选拔委员会已把原来的一大堆申请书缩小到这5份了。
The whole question narrows down to who is going to pay for all the damage．整个问题只剩下该由谁来赔偿损失了。
They have narrowed the search down to this area of the town．他们已把搜查范围缩小到该市的这个地区。

straight and narrow

Idiom(s): straight and narrow

Theme: BEHAVIOR

a straight and law-abiding route through life. (Informal. From straight and narrow pathway. Fixed order.)
• You should have no trouble with the police if you stick to the straight and narrow.
• Roger was the kind who followed the straight and narrow every day of his life.

narrow down|narrow

v. phr. To limit within very strict margins. Of the numerous applicants, the list has been narrowed down to just a few.

narrow escape|escape|narrow

n. phr. An escape by a very small margin; a near miss. If the truck that hit his car had been coming faster, it would have killed him; it was certainly a narrow escape that he only had a broken arm!

narrow-minded|mind|minded|narrow

adj. phr. Limited in outlook; resistant to new ideas; bigoted. He is generally very open about everything, but when it comes to politics, he is terribly narrow-minded.

narrow

narrow
In addition to the idiom beginning with narrow, see straight and narrow, the.

straight and narrow, the

straight and narrow, the
The honest and upright way of living, as in He led a wild life when he was young, but he's been on the straight and narrow for some years. This expression is widely though to come from confusion of straight, “not crooked,” with strait, “narrow,” owing to a misinterpretation of a passage from the New Testament: “Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life” (Matthew 7:14). The current phrase dates only from the first half of the 1800s.