引颈

to crane one's neck / (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation

Characters and words in 引颈

yǐn = y + (e)n3

to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

引 = 丨 + 弓 : In the encampment, Maud Younger draws her composite bow. She wants to shoot a dinosaur bone straight across the hall.

jǐng = ji + (e)ng3

neck

颈 = 又 + 工 + 页 : Joan of Arc (ji) is working out in the engine ((e)ng3). She is carrying a steel beam (工) on her neck (颈) and keeps it balanced with her hands holding the beam on either side wearing boxing gloves (又). She has a sheet of paper (页) in front of her to keep track on how many squats she already did.

Words with 引颈

to extend one's neck in preparation for execution (idiom)

Sentences with 引颈

引颈 currently does not appear in any sentence.