narrower
狭い
解説 Definition
narrower は narrow（狭い）の比較級で、より狭いという意味です。二つ以上の幅や範囲を比べるときに使います。
Narrower is the comparative form of narrow and describes something having less width or a more limited range than another thing. It is often followed by than when an explicit comparison is made.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
narrower は原級 narrow に比較級の -er を直接付けた形で、「より狭い」を表します。語末の w は重ねず、narrower と綴り、発音は /ˈnæroʊər/ などです。A is narrower than B の型で幅を比較し、道が進むにつれて狭くなる場面なら become narrower と覚えましょう。
Start with the adjective narrow and add the regular comparative ending -er: narrow becomes narrower, with no doubled w. The word means “less wide” or, figuratively, “more limited.” Learn it through the comparison pattern A is narrower than B, as in This road is narrower than the main street. You can also picture a path becoming narrower as it climbs a hill. The comparison may involve physical width, a range of choices, or a field of attention, but in every case one thing is more restricted than another.
例文
This road is narrower than the main street.
この道は大通りより狭いです。
She chose a narrower shelf for the small room.
彼女は小さな部屋に、より狭い棚を選びました。
The path became narrower as we walked up the hill.
丘を登るにつれて、道はだんだん狭くなりました。
narrower の類義語・関連語
narrower の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語「nearu」（狭い、窮屈な）の比較級。ゲルマン祖語*narwaz（狭い）に遡り、締め付ける・圧迫するという原義を持つ。物理的な幅の狭さから、視野や選択肢の限定にも比喩的に使われる。関連語: narrow（原級）、narrows（海峡の狭い部分）。
Narrower is formed within English from narrow plus the comparative suffix -er. Narrow descends from Old English nearu, meaning “narrow, confined, or constricted,” and is related to forms reconstructed in the earlier Germanic language family. The comparative ending -er is an inherited Germanic way of comparing adjectives. The word first applies naturally to physical width, while uses involving a narrower choice, range, or viewpoint extend the same idea of restriction metaphorically.
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