neckdeep
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
- Reaching up to the neck.
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Submerged up to the neck.
— This gave me a hint, and I went knee-deep, and sometimes neck-deep, in the Red Weed. The density of the weed gave me a reassuring sense of hiding.
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Very deeply involved (in something) or preoccupied (with something).
— By the start of the 19th century, Europe was neckdeep in the Napoleonic Wars, which, at various times, amounted to the British Empire against Europe, and, at others, involved Britain subsidising various nations, such as Austria and Prussia, against Napoleon.
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From neck + deep; for more, see up to here.
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