neck

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n. 脖子, 衣领, 颈 vi. 拥抱, 拥吻, 收缩 vt. 割颈

发音

US /nɛk/
US /nɛk/
UK /nɛk/

词形变化

necks 复数 necked necking necks 三单 necks necking 现在分词 necked 过去式 necked 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

搂著脖子亲吻;变狭窄

if two people are necking, they kiss for a long time in a sexual way

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

    脖子

    颈项

    脰骨

    颈根

    颔颈

    颔仔颈

    颔颈仔

    颔胿

    颔颈胿

    脰项

    仲仲

    头颈

    头颈骨

    医学

    Giraffes have long necks.

  2. 2.

    The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.

  3. 3.

    The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.

  4. 4.

    The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.

  5. 5.

    The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.

    生物 植物学
  6. 6.

    The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted

    琴杆

    音乐
  7. 7.

    A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.

  8. 8.

    A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.

    工程

    a neck forming the journal of a shaft

  9. 9.

    The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.

  10. 10.

    The gorgerin of a capital.

    建筑
  11. 11.

    A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.

    地质
  12. 12.

    The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.

    工程 政治 军事
  13. 13.

    A person's life.

    比喻

    to risk one's neck; to save someone's neck

  14. 14.

    A falsehood; a lie.

    多元文化伦敦英语 非正式 俚语
  15. 15.

    Fellatio

    俚语
  16. 16.

    A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.

    历史
  17. 1.

    A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.

    艺术 媒体
v.
  1. 1.

    To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.

    俚语 及物

    Go neck yourself.

  2. 2.

    To intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.

    美国 非正式 不及物

    Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.

  3. 3.

    To drink or swallow rapidly.

    俚语 及物
  4. 4.

    To decrease in diameter.

    不及物

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From Middle English nekke, nakke, from Old English hnecca, *hnæcca (“neck, nape”), from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”). Cognate with Scots nek (“neck”), North Frisian neek, neeke, Nak (“neck”), Saterland Frisian Näkke (“neck”), West Frisian nekke (“neck”), Dutch nek (“neck”), German Low German Nack (“neck”), German Nacken (“nape of the neck”), Danish nakke (“neck”), Swedish nacke (“nape of the neck”), Icelandic hnakki (“neck”), Tocharian A kñuk (“neck, nape”). Possibly a mutated variant of *kneug/k (compare Old English hnocc (“hook, penis”), Welsh cnwch (“joint, knob”), Latvian knaūķis (“dwarf”). Doublet of nek. More at nook. Displaced halse (“neck, throat”) and swire (“neck”).

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