1 (in width) [+street, passage, room, stairs] estrecho; angosto ...through the town's narrow streets The road was narrow We turned left off the main [road] into a narrow lane ...he had crawled through the narrow passage ...a narrow strip of land Iris was waiting for them on the narrow path bordering the canal ...a long, narrow room They climbed the narrow stairs
[+bed, channel, face] estrecho; angosto; (LAm) ...the narrow channel between Albania and Corfu She slept on a narrow bed in a tiny storage room she had a long narrow face Her mouth was too big for her narrow face*
to become get narrow(er)or estrecharse; angostarse; (LAm)
the road got narrower as we travelled further away from civilization the narrow path ...250 precepts to keep them on the narrow path
2 (limited) [+range] reducido; limitado; [+definition] restringido They restrict students to a narrow range of courses too early
prices rose and fell within a narrow band los precios subieron y bajaron dentro de una estrecha banda; in a narrow sense en sentido estricto
I didn't use the word "romantic" in any such narrow sense
3 (small, slight) [+margin, majority] escaso; [+victory, defeat] por un escaso margen following his narrow victory/defeat in by the narrow margin of 50 to 37 votes Delegates have voted by a narrow majority in favour of considering electoral reform
to have a narrow escape salvarse de milagro; salvarse por los pelos; (informal)
That was a rather narrow escape, wasn't it Two police officers had a narrow escape when separatists attacked their vehicles
to have a narrow lead (over sb) llevar una pequeña ventaja (a algn)
The Conservatives have a narrow lead over Labour
4 (pejorative) (restricted) [+person] de miras estrechas; intolerante I would have preferred somebody who had wider ideas, and he was rather narrow
[+mind] estrecho de miras; [+view, idea] cerrado ...a narrow and outdated view of family life I find this a narrow definition of science to have a narrow mind
