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neck



neck
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.

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Exemples de phrases

"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. »
Soon, I could only see her neck floating above the waves. 
    Bientôt, je ne pus voir que son cou, flotter au-dessus des vagues.
I can't turn my neck, because it hurts a lot. 
    Je ne peux pas tourner le cou parce que c'est très douloureux.
The two candidates were still neck and neck just hours before the polls opened. 
    Les deux candidats étaient encore au coude à coude quelques heures avant l'ouverture des sondages.
Even though the accident was six months ago, my neck still hurts. 
    Bien que l'accident date déjà d'il y a six mois, mon cou me fait encore mal.



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