"neck" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 脖子
• 颈部

Definition

“neck”指连接头部和肩膀的身体部位。它也可以指某个物体较细的部分，比如瓶子的细长部分。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

谈论身体时通常作可数名词用，如 'my neck hurts'。常见搭配有 'neck pain'、'break your neck'（字面或比喻）和 'up to my neck in work'（忙得不可开交）。不要和 'throat' 混淆，后者更指前侧内部、用于吞咽和发声的部位。

Examples

My neck hurts after I slept badly.

我睡得不好，**脖子**很疼。

She wore a scarf around her neck.

她在**脖子**上围了一条围巾。

The bottle has a long neck.

这个瓶子有一个长长的**瓶颈**。

I turned my neck too fast and now it feels stiff.

我**脖子**转得太快了，现在感觉很僵。

I'm up to my neck in work this week.

我这周工作忙得**不可开交**。

He risked his neck to get that photo.

为了拍那张照片，他连**性命**都豁出去了。