"long tapering fingers"
"trousers with tapered legs"
(of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom
narrowing的用法和樣例:
例句
用作名詞 (n.)
The differences between the two systems are narrowing. 兩種體制的差別正在縮小。
The location of the mass may be helpful in narrowing the differential diagnosis. 腫塊的位置也許對縮小鑒別診斷的範圍有所幫助。
Explicit conversion is required by some compilers to support narrowing conversions. 有些編譯器需要顯式轉換來支持收縮轉換。
The nerve impulses cause the muscles to contract, thus narrowing the airway. 這些神經衝動產生肌肉收縮,氣道痙攣。
Dysfunction in endothelial cells contributes to the narrowing and hardening of heart arteries. 內皮細胞功能障礙可造成心臟血管變窄變硬。
Both examples are performance outcomes that can be predicted from what we know about cognitive narrowing or tunnel vision under time pressure. 這些例子都是由於在時間的壓力下管制員的認知和視野變窄后可以預見到的表現。