NARROW

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Traducere în limba română

narrow I. adjectiv

1. strâmt, îngust; strâns;

to grow narrow ase strâmta, a se îngusta.

2. restrâns, strâmt, de dimensiuni reduse, puţin întins.

3. (fig.) îngust, strâmt, mărginit, limitat; fără orizont;

in the narrowest sense în sensul cel mai îngust / strict / exact;

a narrow majority o mică / infimă majoritate;

to live in narrow circumstances a trăi / a fi strâmtorat, a trăi în lipsuri.

4. minuţios, amănunţit; migălos; meticulos, grijuliu, îngrijit, sârguincios;

narrow investigations cercetări minuţioase.

5. (despre nutreţ) extrem de bogat în albumină.

narrow II. substantiv

1. trecere îngustă / strâmtă; strâmtoare, îngustime (a râului, a văii).

2. (mai ales pl.) defileu, strungă.

3. plural canal marin.

narrow III. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a strânge, a strâmta, a îngusta;

narrowed eyelids pleoape întredeschise.

2. a restrânge, a limita, a mărgini, a reduce (un spaţiu, ideile etc.);

(fot.) to narrow the field a restrânge câmpul (vizual).

3. (înv., lit.) a stânjeni mişcările (cuiva).

narrow III. verb B. intranzitiv

a deveni mai strâmt; a se strâmta, a se strânge, a se îngusta.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Returning to the cave, she entered its narrow mouth.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Eventually we found ourselves through the narrows of Obidos and reached the town of Manaos.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Too narrow for anyone to pass through.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It looked in mine, passed across the narrow lane, and disappeared.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Future studies should narrow that down.

(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)

Although less cardiotoxic than doxorubicin, this agent exhibits a narrow spectrum of antineoplastic activity.

(Piroxantrone, NCI Thesaurus)

Then he looked at me and nodded, as much as to say, “Here is a narrow corner,” as, indeed, I thought it was.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

I knew I was in a small room and in a narrow bed.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

It causes the arteries to narrow or become blocked.

(Peripheral Arterial Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

A narrow passage led directly through the house into the garden behind.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

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