neck
noun [ C ] uk/nek/ us/nek/
(BODY PART)
A2 颈，脖子
the part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders
He had the thickest neck I'd ever seen. 我从没见过他那么粗的脖子。
She wore a gold chain around her neck. 她脖子上戴着一条金链子。
C2 衣领，领口
the part of a piece of clothing that goes around a person's neck
This sweater's too tight in the neck. 这件毛衣的领口太紧了。
He wasn't wearing a tie and his shirt was open at the neck. 他没系领带，衬衫领口敞开着。
a low-neck dress 低领连衣裙
- More examples
- She wears a gold cross round her neck.
- That child is a real pain in the neck.
- Sitting still at a computer terminal all day can give you a stiff neck.
- She flung her arms around his neck.
- He peeled the label off the neck of the bottle.
(TOP PART)
（物体的）颈部
part of a hollow object that is at the top and is narrower than the part below it
the neck of a bottle/guitar 瓶颈／吉他的琴颈
medical specialized（身体）缩窄的部分
a narrow part of a body part
cancer of the neck of the uterus 宫颈癌
See also: bottleneckhalterneck redneck roughneckturtleneck
Idioms
be up to your neck (in something)idiom informal 忙碌（于…）
to be very busy
I'd like to help, but I'm up to my neck at the moment. 我很乐意帮忙，但我这会儿正忙得不可开交。
be up to your neck in somethingidiom informal 卷入…；深深陷入…；有太多的…
to be very involved in a situation, or to have too much of the thing stated
She's up to her neck in debt/problems/work. 她债台高筑／问题缠身／工作繁忙。
get it in the neckidiom UK informal 受到惩罚;遭到严厉指责
to be punished or severely criticized for something that you have done
Poor old Bob got it in the neck for being late. 可怜的老鲍勃因为迟到被狠批了一顿。
neck and neckidiom C2 （竞争者）旗鼓相当，不相上下
If two competitors are neck and neck, they are level with each other and have an equal chance of winning.
this, our, etc. neck of the woodsidiom informal 在这／我们这一带等
this, our, etc. part of a particular area
We don't often see you in this neck of the woods. 我们在这儿不常看到你。
put your neck on the lineidiom 冒（失败、名誉受损或金钱损失）的风险
to do something that you know might fail and spoil other people's opinion of you or cause you to lose money
There's a lot of money at stake here and none of the partners wants to put his neck on the line. 这牵扯到一大笔钱，没有哪个合伙人愿意担这个风险。
No one wants to put their neck on the line and predict an outcome. 没人愿意冒险预测结果。
neck
verb [ I ] old-fashioned informal uk/nek/ us/nek/
(KISS)
拥吻
to kiss and hold a person in a sexual way
(DRINK)
UK informal快速饮用（尤指酒精饮料）
to drink something, especially alcohol, very quickly
He's necked two bottles of wine already. 他已经很快地清空了两瓶葡萄酒。