英和和英

読み方 くび

名詞

1

The neck

用例

• 頸が長い
  He has a long neck
  He is long-necked.

• 頸が短い
  He has a short neck
  He is short-necked.
• 頸を伸ばす
  to stretch one's neck―crane one's neck
• 頸を伸ばして待つ、頸を長くして待つ
  to wait with a craned neck―to be on the tiptoe of expectation
• 頸にすがる
  to hang on one's neck
• 女が男の頸にかじりついた
  She locked her arms round his neck.
• 頸をくくる
  to hang oneself
• 頸をくくって死んだ
  He hanged himself.
• 真綿で頸を締める
  to use the velvet paw
• 真綿で頸の強｛こわ｝意見
  velvet-pawed admonition―He talked to me like a Dutch uncle
• 頸を寝違える
  to strain one's neck―wrick one's neck
• 親の頸に縄を掛ける奴だ
  He will put a halter round his father's neck―involve his own father in a crime.

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用例

• 頸巻
  a neck-cloth
  a comforter
  a muffler

• 頸輪
  a necklace
• 犬の頸輪
  a dog's collar
• 手頸（手首）
  the wrist
• 足頸（足首）
  the ankle
• 徳利の頸
  the neck of a bottle