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1 nød
distress, need, nut* * *I. (en -der)[ en hård nød at knække] a hard (el. tough) nut to crack, a poser.II. (en) distress ( fx a ship in distress; help them in their distress; relieve their distress),(fattigdom etc også) need ( fx help them in their need; be in great need),( stærkere) necessity ( fx necessity drove him to steal);[ nød bryder alle love] necessity knows no law;[ en ven i nøden] a friend in need;[ i nøden skal man kende sine venner] a friend in need is a friend indeed;[ i nødens stund] in the hour of need;[ det har ingen nød] never mind;[ klage sin nød], se II. klage;[ lide nød] be in want, suffer; suffer hardships (, F distress);[ nød lærer nøgen kvinde at spinde] necessity is the mother of invention;[ med nød og næppe] with difficulty, barely, only just;[ med nød og næppe undgå faren] narrowly escape the danger, have a narrow escape,T have a close shave, escape by the skin of one's teeth;[ han undgik med nød og næppe at drukne] he narrowly escaped drowning;[ når nøden er størst er hjælpen nærmest] the darkest hour is just before the dawn;[ til nød] in an emergency,T at a pinch,( med kniberi) barely, only just.III. præt af nyde. -
2 hår
см. have 2.* * *beard, hair, sting* * *(et -) hair;[ ikke et hår bedre] not a bit (el. scrap) better;[ have hår på brystet] have hairs on one's chest;[ hårene rejste sig på mit hoved] my hair stood on end;[ sætte sit hår] do one's hair;[ sætte sit hår op] put (el. take) up one's hair;(se også nakke);[ med præp:][ fare i hårene på] fly at;[ stryge katten med hårene] stroke the cat with the fur;[ stryge mod hårene] stroke against the hair;(fig også) rub (up) the wrong way;[ ligne ham på et hår] be exactly like him; be the living image of him;[ på et hængende hår] by a hair's breadth,T by the skin of one's teeth ( fx I escaped by the skin of myteeth);( også) I had a narrow escape; it was a near thing;T it was a close shave;[ jeg var på et hængende hår blevet slået ihjel] I narrowly escaped being killed,T I came within an ace of being killed;(fig) drag in;[ trække sig selv op ved hårene] pull oneself up by one's (own) bootstraps. -
3 kneben
narrow, narrowly* * *adj narrow;( ringe) small, scanty;[ kneben majoritet (, sejr)] a narrow majority (, victory);[ kneben med] sparing of;[ sidde knebent] be cramped. -
4 med nød og næppe
hair('s)-breadth, narrow, narrowly
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Narrowly — Nar row*ly, adv. [AS. nearulice.] 1. With little breadth; in a narrow manner. [1913 Webster] 2. Without much extent; contractedly. [1913 Webster] 3. With minute scrutiny; closely; as, to look or watch narrowly; to search narrowly. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
narrowly — (adv.) O.E. nearolice narrowly, closely, strictly; see NARROW (Cf. narrow) (adj.) + LY (Cf. ly) (2). Meaning only by a little is attested from 1550s … Etymology dictionary
narrowly — [adv] just, closely almost, barely, by a hair*, by a whisker*, by narrow margin, carefully, close, nearly, only just, painstakingly, scarcely, scrutinizingly; concepts 544,799 Ant. carelessly, imprecisely … New thesaurus
narrowly — nar|row|ly [ˈnærəuli US rou ] adv 1.) by only a small amount ▪ He was narrowly defeated in the election. ▪ One bullet struck his car, narrowly missing him. ▪ A man narrowly escaped death when a fire broke out in his home on Sunday morning. 2.) in … Dictionary of contemporary English
narrowly — nar|row|ly [ nerouli ] adverb * 1. ) by a very small amount: Three teenagers narrowly escaped death in the accident. narrowly beat/defeat someone: The Trojans narrowly beat the Bruins 21 20. 2. ) in a limited way that does not include many… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
narrowly */ — UK [ˈnærəʊlɪ] / US [ˈneroʊlɪ] adverb 1) by a very small amount Three teenagers narrowly escaped death in the crash. narrowly beat/defeat someone: France narrowly beat Germany 2–1 in last night s thrilling final. 2) in a limited way that does not… … English dictionary
narrowly — adverb 1 only by a small amount: We narrowly missed hitting the other car. | The amendment was narrowly defeated. 2 looking at or considering only a small part of something: The law is being interpreted too narrowly. 3 formal in a thorough way,… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
narrowly — adverb a) In a narrow manner; without flexibility or latitude. They regarded the new idea rather narrowly. b) By a narrow margin; closely. There is now such an immense microliterature on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up… … Wiktionary
narrowly — [[t]næ̱roʊli[/t]] ADV: ADV after v If you look at someone narrowly, you look at them in a concentrated way, often because you think they are not giving you full information about something. → See also narrow He grimaced and looked narrowly at his … English dictionary
narrowly — adverb 1) one bullet narrowly missed him Syn: only just, just, barely, scarcely, hardly, by a hair s breadth; informal by a whisker 2) she looked at me narrowly Syn: closely, carefully, searchingly, attentively … Thesaurus of popular words
narrowly — Having a length:breadth ratio between 3:1 and 6:1; if the ratio is more than 6:1 then the shape is described as very narrowly, except in the case of very narrowly oblong which is termed linear … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
