首页英语词典neckneck的意思

neck

英 [nek] 美[nɛk]

英英释义词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词isthmus peninsula cape

n. 脖子；衣领；海峡
vi. 搂著脖子亲吻；变狭窄
vt. 使变细；与…搂著脖子亲吻
n. (Neck)人名；(德、意、英)内克

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词态变化

复数: necks;第三人称单数: necks;过去式: necked;过去分词: necked;现在分词: necking;

中文词源

neck 颈，脖子

词源不详，可能来自PIE*kneug,弯，转，来自PIE*ken,弯，转，压，词源同nook.引申词义颈，脖子。

英英释意

1. the part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body;: "he admired her long graceful neck"

2. a narrow elongated projecting strip of land

3. a cut of meat from the neck of an animal

4. opening for the neck; the part of a garment near the neck opening

英文词源

neck: neck: [OE] Neck originally meant only the ‘back or nape of the neck’ (that is what its modern German relative nacken denotes, and in Old English times the usual word for ‘neck’ in general was heals). It seems to go back to a prehistoric Indo-European base *knoksignifying ‘high point, ridge’, which also produced Irish cnoc ‘hill’. The use of the verb neck for ‘kiss and cuddle’ dates back at least to the early 19th century.
neck (n.): Old English hnecca "neck, nape, back of the neck" (a fairly rare word) from Proto-Germanic *hnekk- "the nape of the neck" (cognates: Old Frisian hnekka, Middle Dutch necke, Dutch nek, Old Norse hnakkr, Old High German hnach, German Nacken "neck"), with no certain cognates outside Germanic, though Klein's sources suggest PIE *knok- "high point, ridge" (source of Old Irish cnocc, Welsh cnwch, Old Breton cnoch "hill").

The more usual Old English words were hals (the general Germanic word, cognate with Gothic, Old Norse, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German hals), cognate with Latin collum (see collar (n.)); and sweora, swira "neck, nape," probably also from a PIE root meaning "column" (cognate with Old English swer "column," Sanskrit svaru- "post").

Transferred senses attested from c. 1400. Phrase neck of the woods (American English) is attested from 1780 in the sense of "narrow stretch of woods;" 1839 with meaning "settlement in a wooded region." To stick one's neck out "take a risk" is first recorded 1919, American English. Horses running neck and neck is attested from 1799.
neck (v.): "to kiss, embrace, caress," 1825 (implied in necking) in northern England dialect, from neck (n.). Compare Middle English halsen "to embrace or caress affectionately, to fondle sexually," from hals (n.) "neck." Earlier, neck as a verb meant "to kill by a strike on the neck" (mid-15c.). Related: Necked.

考试真题

I was a little scared at first because he used a smooth edged tool to scrape the skin on my neck and shoulders.

You know, I'm up to my neck in work.

He is bothered by the pain in his neck

Humankind paid for its broad vision and skillful hands backaches and painful necks.

Larry told her that he had already put out the fire and she should not move in case she injured her neck.

Symptoms of it include a headache that is constant but not severe, and a pain at the back of your head and the neck.

The necklace was around my neck, a warm reminder of human kindness.

词组搭配

break one's neck

dislocate or seriously damage a vertebra or the spinal cord in one's neck

折断脖子

(break one's neck to do something)(informal)exert oneself to the utmost to achieve something

(非正式)拼命做

get (或catch) it in the neck

(informal)be severely criticized or punished

(非正式)受到严厉谴责（或惩罚）

have the neck to do something

(informal)have the impudence or nerve to do something

(非正式)厚着脸皮做某事

neck and neck

level in a race, competition, or comparison

并驾齐驱；不相上下

neck of the woods

(informal)a particular area or locality

(非正式)地带；地段

fancy seeing her in this neck of the woods.
想不到在树林这里看到她。

up to one's neck in

(informal)heavily, deeply, or busily involved in

(非正式)深深陷入（或卷入）

they were up to their necks in debt.
他们债台高筑。
I'm up to my neck in rearranging the match.
我一心忙于重新安排这场比赛。

实用场景例句

He tied a scarf around his neck.: 他脖子上围着围巾。

Giraffes have very long necks.: 长颈鹿脖子很长。

She craned (= stretched) her neck to get a better view.: 她伸长了脖子，想看得清楚一点。

He broke his neck in the fall.: 他摔断了脖子。

Somebody's going to break their neck (= injure themselves) on these steps.: 会有人在这台阶上摔伤的。

What neck size do you take?: 你穿多大的衣领？

a round-necked sweater: 一件圆领毛衣

the neck of a bottle: 瓶颈

a neck of land: 地峡

She threw her arms round his neck and hugged him warmly...: 她伸出双臂搂住他的脖子，热情地拥抱他。

He was short and stocky, and had a thick neck.: 他矮壮结实，脖子很粗。

...the low, ruffled neck of her blouse...: 她的打褶低胸的衬衫领口

He wore a blue shirt open at the neck.: 他穿了件蓝衬衫，领口敞开着。

Catherine gripped the broken neck of the bottle.: 凯瑟琳紧握着破裂的瓶颈。

...cancer of the neck of the womb.: 宫颈癌

They sat talking and necking in the car for another ten minutes...: 他们在车里又坐了10分钟，边说边搂着亲热。

I found myself behind a curtain, necking with my best friend's wife.: 我意识到自己在帘子后面吻着至友的妻子。

Cee En Cee went on to win by a neck from Leigh Crofter.: 西恩西再次以微弱优势战胜莉·克罗夫特。

Most farmers have bank managers breathing down their necks.: 大部分农场主的一举一动都受到银行经理们的密切关注。

The latest polls indicate that the two main parties are neck and neck...: 最近的一次民意测验显示两个主要政党难分高下。

The party is running neck-and-neck with Labour.: 该党和工党目前是旗鼓相当。

I won't have him risking his neck on that motorcycle.: 我不会让他冒险骑那辆摩托车。

He had enough friends in the right places to save his neck and cover up for him...: 他有很多朋友能保全他，帮他打掩护。

He said the President was making a last ditch attempt to save his own neck.: 他说总统正在作最后的努力，希望保住自己的声誉。

During my political life I've earned myself a reputation as someone who'll stick his neck out, a bit of a rebel.: 我在政治生涯中敢冒风险、有点叛逆是小有名气的。

No-one should start working life with a debt round their neck...: 任何人都不该身背债务开始工作生涯。

It's a legacy which will hang around the country's neck for some time to come.: 这项遗留问题在未来的一段时间内仍将困扰这个国家。

The black market was flourishing, everybody was corrupt, in it up to their necks...: 黑市繁荣，每个人都已堕落，深陷其中。

He is probably up to his neck in debt.: 他很有可能债务缠身。

It's so good to see you. What brings you to this neck of the woods?: 见到你真高兴，哪阵风把你吹来了？