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♦ narrow /ˈnærəʊ/A a.1 stretto; ristretto; angusto; limitato; meschino; gretto; esiguo; scarso: a long, narrow passage, un corridoio lungo e stretto; narrow circumstances, mezzi ristretti ( scarsità di mezzi, gravi ristrettezze); narrow resources, risorse limitate; narrow views, vedute ristrette (o grette, meschine); a narrow majority, un'esigua maggioranza2 accurato; preciso; meticoloso: a narrow inspection, un esame accurato; after a narrow scrutiny, dopo un esame meticolosoB n.1 stretta; gola montana; punto in cui la strada si restringe2 (pl.) (naut.) stretto: (geogr.) the Narrows, lo Stretto dei Dardanelli; ( anche) lo Stretto fra Staten Island e Long Island ( a New York)● (naut., GB) narrow boat, barca lunga e stretta ( usata nei canali); chiatta □ narrow cloth, stoffa «bassa» ( cioè, stretta) □ (ferr.) a narrow-gauge railway, una ferrovia a scartamento ridotto □ narrow goods, nastri; nastrini; passamaneria □ (comm., Borsa) narrow market, mercato fiacco; mercato limitato ( con un basso volume di contrattazioni) □ narrow-minded, di mente ristretta; gretto; meschino □ narrow-mindedness, ristrettezza di mente, di vedute; grettezza; meschinità □ (econ.) narrow money, moneta in senso stretto □ (geogr.) the Narrow Seas, la Manica e il Mar d'Irlanda □ (fam.) a narrow squeak (o narrow squeeze), un pericolo evitato per un pelo; un brutto rischio; l'essersi salvato a stento □ a narrow victory, una vittoria di stretta misura □ (fig.) the narrow way, la via della virtù □ to have a narrow escape, salvarsi per il rotto della cuffia, per un pelo □ to win by a narrow margin, vincere di stretta misura.(to) narrow /ˈnærəʊ/A v. t.restringere; ridurre; delimitare; circoscrivere: The speaker narrowed the argument, l'oratore restrinse la questione (o circoscrisse l'argomento)B v. i.stringersi; restringersi● to narrow down, ridurre, ridursi; restringere; restringersi (fig.) □ to narrow the field, (fotogr.) restringere il campo; (fig.) ridurre le possibilità □ «Road narrows» ( cartello stradale), «strettoia».
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