英漢辭典

1. vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
   1. 縮短…的直徑

2. 2. 割頸殺死,宰殺

3. 3. [口] 擁抱,同…摟脖子接吻



4. vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
   1. 變窄

5. 2. [口] 擁抱;接吻;摟脖子親嘴



6. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. 脖子;(衣服的)領圈

7. 2. (尤指羊的)頸肉

8. 3. (賽馬的)頭部和頸部總長度,一頸之差;(勝負間的)些微之差

   win [lose] by a neck

   (賽馬時)以一頸之差得勝[告負];以微弱比分取勝[告負].

9. 4. 相當於頸的部份,頸狀部位

10. 5. (小提琴等的)琴頭

11. 6. (高爾夫球棒的)棒頸

12. 7. 岬;海峽;狹窄地帶;隘口

13. 8. [建] 柱頸 柱頭緊下面的較細部分

14. 9. (牙齒的)齒頸

15. 10. [解] 頸(部),子宮頸(部)

16. 11. [植] (蘚苔、羊齒的孢子的)頸部;(雙貝殼的)水管

17. 12. [地] 火山岩頸

18. 13. (活字的)斜坡

19. 14. [俚] 厚顏無恥

    cf. brass neck.

20. 15. [口] 摟脖子親嘴

柯林斯英英辭典

n. (noun)

1. the part of an organism connecting the head with the rest of the body

2. the part of a garment around or nearest the neck

3. something resembling a neck in shape or position

the neck of a bottle

4. [anatomy] a constricted portion of an organ or part, such as the cervix of the uterus

5. a narrow or elongated projecting strip of land; a peninsula or isthmus

6. a strait or channel

7. the part of a violin, cello, etc, that extends from the body to the tuning pegs and supports the fingerboard

8. a solid block of lava from the opening of an extinct volcano, exposed after erosion of the surrounding rock

9. [Botany] the upper, usually tubular, part of the archegonium of mosses, ferns, etc

10. the length of a horse's head and neck taken as an approximate distance by which one horse beats another in a race

to win by a neck

11. [informal] a short distance, amount, or margin

he is always a neck ahead in new techniques

12. [informal] impudence; audacity

he had the neck to ask for a rise

13. [architect] the narrow band at the top of the shaft of a column between the necking and the capital, esp as used in the Tuscan order

14. another name for beard, on printer's type

vi. (intransitive verb)

1. [intr] [informal] to kiss, embrace, or fondle someone or one another passionately

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] [Brit] [informal] to swallow (something, esp a drink)

he's been necking pints all night

2. [Etymology] Old English hnecca; related to Old High German hnack, Old Irish cnocc hill