English Dictionary

narrow

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnæɹəʊ/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 人・目

(transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract. / (intransitive) To get narrower.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）幅や広がりを狭める、または縮小させる。 / （自動詞）狭くなる、または幅が減少する。

The city decided to narrow the boulevard to add a bike lane.

市は自転車レーンを設けるために大通りを狭くすることに決めた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.

We need to narrow the search.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To get narrower.

The road narrows.

意味（3）

(of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.

He stepped in front of me, narrowing his eyes to slits.

意味（4）

(knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

意味（5）

(transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.

to narrow an int variable to a short variable

narrows （ present singular third-person ）

narrowing （ participle present ）

narrowed （ participle past ）

narrowed （ past ）