neck

1. N-COUNT Your neck is the part of your body which joins your head to the rest of your body. 頸

She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him warmly. 她伸出雙臂摟住他的脖子，熱烈地擁抱他。

2. N-COUNT The neck of an article of clothing such as a shirt, dress, or sweater is the part which surrounds your neck. 領口

...the low, ruffled neck of her blouse. …她褶邊低胸的襯衫領口。

3. N-COUNT The neck of something such as a bottle or a guitar is the long narrow part at one end of it. (瓶子、吉他等的) 頸狀部位

Catherine gripped the broken neck of the bottle. 凱瑟琳緊握著破裂的瓶頸。

4. PHRASE If you say that someone is breathing down your neck, you mean that they are watching you very closely and checking everything you do. 密切監(jiān)視

Most farmers have loan officers breathing down their necks. 大多數農場主受到信貸員的密切監(jiān)視。

5. PHRASE In a competition, especially an election, if two or more competitors are neck and neck, they are level with each other and have an equal chance of winning. 勢均力敵

The latest polls indicate that the two main parties are neck and neck. 最新的民意測驗顯示兩個主要政黨勢均力敵。

6. PHRASE If you stick your neck out, you bravely say or do something that might be criticized or might turn out to be wrong. 敢說敢干[非正式]

During my political life I've earned myself a reputation as someone who'll stick his neck out, a bit of a rebel. 我在自己的政治生涯中得了一個敢說敢干、有點叛逆的名聲。