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neck



cou
cou


Définitions

anglais > français
neck
     1. n. (Anat) Cou.
     2. n. Collet.
     3. n. Goulot.
     4. n. Manche d'instrument à cordes.
     5. n. (Géologie) Masse de roches volcaniques, de forme cylindrique, laissée en relief par l'érosion.
     6. v. (Transitif) Boire rapidement.
     7. v. (Intransitif) (États-Unis) Se bécoter ; faire l'amour.
anglais > anglais
neck
     1. n. (anatomy) The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
     2. n. The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
     3. n. The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
     4. n. The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
     5. n. (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
     6. n. (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
     7. n. A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
     8. n. (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
           a neck forming the journal of a shaft
     9. n. The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
     10. n. (architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
     11. n. (firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
     12. n. (informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
     13. v. To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
           Go neck yourself.
     14. v. (chiefly US) To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
           Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
     15. v. To drink rapidly.
     16. v. To decrease in diameter.
français > anglais
cou
     1. n-m. neck
           Il a un cou assez long. - He has a rather long neck.

Prononciation




Exemples de phrases

He craned his neck a bit in hopes of hearing what they were whispering. 
    Il tendit le cou dans l'espoir de surprendre ce qu'ils chuchotaient.
He caught me by the neck. 
    Il m'a attrapé par le cou.
The kid is a pain in the neck. 
    Le gosse est une plaie.
If this damn parrot doesn't stop screaming now I'll break its neck. 
    Si ce maudit perroquet n'arrête pas tout de suite de crier, je lui tords le cou.
"It's shameful! We should drown them like bitches, with a stone around their neck." 
    « C'est honteux! On devrait les noyer comme des chiennes, avec une pierre au cou. »



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