English Dictionary

narrow

/ˈnæɹəʊ/

adj

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. / Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

The narrow road was difficult to navigate.

意味（1）

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.

a narrow hallway

意味（2）

Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.

The Jews were but a small nation, and confined to a narrow compass in the world.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.

a narrow interpretation

意味（4）

Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted

a narrow mind

意味（5）

Having a small margin or degree.

a narrow escape

意味（6）

(dated) Limited as to means; straitened

narrow circumstances

意味（7）

Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.

a very narrow […]and stinted charity

意味（8）

Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.

But first with narrow search I must walk round

But first with narrow search I must walk round This garden, and no corner leave unspied.

意味（9）

(phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.