inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition; "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair" 同义词:head-to-head, nip and tuck
neck: n. 〔英国〕(地中谷物的)最后一捆。 by a neck: 差一点胜或输; 以微弱差距neck: neck1 n. 1.颈,脖子;(衣)领;颈肉(尤指羊颈肉);(器物的)颈状部;【化学】短管。 2.海峡;地峡,狭路。 3.【建筑】颈弯饰。 4.【地质学;地理学】岩颈。 a stiff neck 固执(的人),顽固。 bend one's neck 俯首听命,屈从。 break one's neck 折断颈骨(致死)。 break the neck of 做完(工作等的)最难部分。 fall upon sb.'s neck 搂住人家的脖子(拥抱)。 escape with one's neck 好容易逃脱性命。 get [catch, take] it in the neck 〔俚语〕大受攻击[处罚、责骂];〔美俚〕受罚,遭不幸,遭殃。 harden the neck 变顽固,变刚愎。 neck and crop 迅速地,急剧地;立即,马上;完全,彻底,整个地。 neck and neck (赛跑时)并驾齐驱,不分上下;〔美国〕平等的。 neck of the woods 〔美国〕 1. 森林区新村落。 2. 近邻,附近地方,周围〔此义和树林等无关〕。 neck oil 〔美俚〕酒。 neck or nothing [nought] 拼命(It is neck or nothing. 孤注一掷)。 on [over] the neck of 紧紧跟在…的后头。 risk one's neck 拼着性命。 save one's neck 免受绞刑,得免一死;〔和否定连用〕无论如何不…。 speak [talk] through (the back of) one's neck 说糊涂透顶的话;吹牛,说话尖锐。 tread on the neck of 压服,压制,虐待。 win by a neck (赛马时)以一颈之差得胜;勉强得胜。 vt. 1.割颈杀死(家禽等)。 2.缩小…的口径使成颈状。 3.〔美俚〕与…互相搂住脖子亲嘴;拥抱。 vi. 1.〔美俚〕接吻,拥抱。 2.缩小。 n. 〔英国〕(地中谷物的)最后一捆。 neck in: 边缘向内弯曲; 缩幅neck the: 内克半岛neck-in: 缩进扭弯内缘 内缩量on the neck of: 紧跟在后面be neck and neck: 不分上下; 与...齐头并进neck-and-neck: 并排的,并驾齐驱的basaltic neck(lava neck): 玄武岩颈neck across, neck width: 领宽neck of the tube; pipe neck: 管颈neck width,neck across: 领宽neck-and-neck race: 同时并进neck-n-neck (v2): 彩票机neck-to-neck contest: 不分上下的比赛a bottle-neck: 瓶颈(中文有这个说法的)a pain in the neck: 脖子疼(苦事); 令人讨厌的人或事; 讨厌的家伙, 可恶的家伙, 使人厌烦的责任, 使人厌烦的义务a scraggy neck: 瘦脖子a stiff neck: 固执; 硬颈abscess of neck: 颈部脓肿adapter neck: 转接颈套air neck: 空气喷道anatomical neck: 解剖颈axle neck: 轴颈
neck and neckとは意味:首の差で、接戦{せっせん}で、負けず劣らず、互角{ごかく}に◆【語源】競馬でゴールに到達するとき、ぎりぎり首の差であるときの様子から。 The two runners were neck and neck the whole race. 2人のランナーはレース全体で互角だった。 neck and neck meaning: Adjective: neck and neck Inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck" - hea...neck and neck en francais:rattachés, adjacentes (dans une course)neck and neck artinya:bahu-membahuneck and neck перевод:голова в голову