NARROW1 not wide2 to become narrowerRELATED WORDSoppositeWIDEsee alsoTHIN1 not wide 不宽的narrow /ˈnærəʊ/ [adjective]anarrow road, river, bed, space etc is not wide when measured from one side to the other 狭窄的 A steep, narrow path led down through the woods to the beach. 一条陡峭狭窄的小路穿过林子通往海滨。 She climbed through a narrow gap in the fence. 她从篱笆上一个窄窄的缺口爬过去。 The road was too narrow for me to overtake the car in front. 路太窄，我没法超过前面那辆车。 Nordic skis are longer, narrower and lighter than Alpine skis. 北欧滑雪板比高山滑雪板更长、更窄、更轻。2 to become narrower 变窄get narroweralsonarrow /get ˈnærəʊəʳ, ˈnærəʊ/ [verb phrase]if something such as a road, river, path, or passagegets narrower ornarrows, it becomes narrow 〔道路、河流、小径、通道等变窄 At that point the path got narrower and more overgrown with weeds. 在那个地方，小路变得狭窄起来，而且杂草蔓生。 The streets were getting narrower, the houses taller as we approached the oldest part of the town. 我们快到小镇最古老的地区时，街道越来越窄，房子越来越高。get narrower to Having narrowed to about 50 feet in the canyon, the river was now moving with speed and fury. 那条河在峡谷里变窄到约50英尺左右，水流变得湍急了，而且波涛汹涌。narrow from something to something Up ahead the road was narrowing from three lanes to two. 前面的路渐渐变窄，由三车道变成了两车道。taper /ˈteɪpəʳ/ [intransitive verb]if somethingtapers, it is narrower at one end than the other 逐渐变窄taper to In the north the island is six miles across, but it tapers to two in the south. 这海岛北面有六英里宽，但是逐渐变窄，到南面只有两英里了。taper to a point The leaves are bright green and taper to a point at the tip. 叶子是嫩绿色的，一头逐渐变细，在末端形成一个细尖。 The girl's forehead was broad, tapering to a delicate chin. 那女孩额头宽宽的，脸型逐渐收窄，形成纤巧的下巴。tapering [adjective only before noun] She had beautiful hands with long tapering fingers. 她的手很漂亮，手指尖尖的，很修长。tapered [adjective] The columns supporting the arch are tapered and beautifully carved. 拱门的撑柱上细下粗，雕刻精美。