窄zhǎi ❶ （横的距离小） narrow: ～ 小 narrow and small; ～ 元音 a narrow vowel; 这条小道 ～ 得卡车开不过去。 The path is too narrow for a truck to pass.
❷ (心胸不开朗； 气量小) petty; narrow: 心胸狭 ～ narrow- minded
❸ （不宽裕） hard up; badly off; short of: 这个月钱挺 ～ 巴 be badly off for money this month; 父亲死后， 家里的日子过得挺 ～。We were very hard up after my father died.
◆窄波束 narrow beam; 窄带 tab; narrow-band; 窄轨 narrow gauge; 窄行 narrow row; 窄胶片 narrow- gauge; 窄片 {电影} narrow gauge; substandard film stock 窄❶narrow;straitened;cramped;crowded
❷hard up;badly off
❸petty;small-minded
冤家路～。Enemies are bound to meet on a narrow path.or:One cannot avoid one’s enemy much as one wants to./路子越走越～ increasingly cramp one’s efforts/日子过得挺～live in straitened circumstances/心眼～ narrow-minded |