necklace
gb/nˈɛkləs/ us/nˈɛkləs/
A2
Angličtina
~ 6500
Významy
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Podstatné jméno
A2
entity
1
Jewelry worn around the neck
A piece of jewelry that you wear around your neck, often made of metal, beads, or stones.
Vzorec užití:
wear a [necklace]
Častá chyba:
Learners sometimes confuse "necklace" and "chain." A "chain" is usually metal and can be plain, while a "necklace" can be made of many materials and is any decorative item worn around the neck. Learners also sometimes say "use a necklace" for wearing; in everyday English we usually say "wear a necklace" or "put on a necklace."
Synonyma
chain (Often a simpler metal loop for the neck; may or may not have a pendant, and can sound plainer than necklace.)
Antonyma
unadorned (Describes a neck (or person) without decorative items like necklaces.)
Kolokace
gold necklace
|silver necklace
|pearl necklace
|wear a necklace
|necklace and earrings
|beaded necklace
Témata
fashion
|appearance
|daily life
|clothing
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Příklady
- She wore a delicate gold necklace that had belonged to her grandmother.
- I bought a simple silver necklace to go with my work clothes.
- He fastened the necklace around her neck and asked her to look in the mirror.
- The thieves took her watch, earrings, and diamond necklace.
- This dress looks better with a shorter necklace.
Učební příklady
- She is wearing a red dress and a long necklace.
- I gave my mother a new necklace for her birthday.
- He put the necklace around her neck very carefully.
- I like your necklace. Where did you buy it?
- The necklace is too tight. It hurts my neck.
Podstatné jméno
B2
entity
2
Curving line of similar things
A line of many similar things in a curve that looks like a necklace.
Vzorec užití:
a necklace of [things]
Častá chyba:
Learners may treat this as a normal, literal necklace of jewelry and miss that it is used for shapes and arrangements in descriptions. It is usually used in writing or descriptive speech, not for everyday physical objects you actually wear.
Synonyma
string (Focuses on items arranged in a line, but does not strongly suggest a curved, decorative shape the way "necklace" does.)
Antonyma
cluster (Refers to things grouped closely together, not spread out in a line like a necklace.)
Kolokace
necklace of lights
|necklace of islands
|necklace of villages
|necklace of stars
Témata
nature
|visual
|description
|core_vocabulary
Příklady
- From the hilltop we could see a necklace of lights marking the coastal road.
- The city is surrounded by a necklace of small villages.
- At night, the chain of buoys looks like a floating necklace of stars.
- A necklace of rocky islands stretches across the mouth of the bay.
- The park is bordered by a necklace of old oak trees.
Učební příklady
- We saw a necklace of small islands in the blue sea.
- At night, the town looks like a necklace of lights on the hill.
- There is a necklace of trees along the river.
- The houses made a necklace of bright colors around the lake.
- The mountains were like a dark necklace on the horizon.
Podstatné jméno
formal
C1
action
3
Killing with a burning tire
A way of killing someone by putting a tire around their neck, adding fuel, and burning it, used in some violent political situations.
Častá chyba:
Learners may think this meaning is related to jewelry because of the shape. In this sense, it is a technical term in news and historical writing for a violent method of killing and is not used in everyday conversation.
Synonyma
lynching (General word for a group killing without trial; "necklace" refers to one very specific, especially brutal method of such killing.)
Antonyma
rescue (In this context, saving someone from being killed is the opposite outcome of carrying out a necklace.)
Kolokace
victim of a necklace
|threat of a necklace
|public necklace
|political necklace
Témata
crime
|violence
|history
|law
|politics
Příklady
- During the unrest, several suspected informers were killed by necklace.
- Human rights groups documented cases of necklace being used as a form of political punishment.
- The documentary includes testimonies from people who survived attempted necklace attacks.
- Newspaper reports at the time described the necklace as a terrifying symbol of mob justice.
- He spoke about losing his brother to a necklace in the late 1980s.
Učební příklady
- The film shows a man who was killed by necklace during the conflict.
- Many people were afraid of necklace in that time of violence.
- The report says that necklace was used as a kind of public punishment.
- She lost her friend to a necklace in the city riots.
- They tried to stop the crowd before they used a necklace on the victim.
Sloveso
slang
C2
action
4
To kill with a burning tire
To kill someone by putting a tire around their neck, adding fuel, and burning it, usually in a violent public attack.
Vzorec užití:
necklace [someone]
Častá chyba:
Learners may think this verb has something to do with giving someone a piece of jewelry, by analogy with the noun. In fact, it is a violent slang term and should only be used when specifically describing this method of killing in historical or news contexts.
Synonyma
lynch (A broader term for killing someone by a group without legal trial; "necklace" refers to a specific, particularly brutal way of doing this.)
Antonyma
spare (To decide not to kill someone, which is the opposite of necklacing them.)
Kolokace
to necklace someone
|was necklaced by a mob
|threatened to necklace
|tried to necklace him
Témata
crime
|violence
|history
|law
|politics
Příklady
- The mob threatened to necklace anyone they believed was collaborating with the police.
- Two men were nearly necklaced before soldiers arrived and broke up the crowd.
- He described how vigilantes necklaced suspected informers during the conflict.
- Witnesses said the gang tried to necklace the driver after the crash.
- Activists condemned the decision to necklace political opponents as a crime against humanity.
Učební příklady
- The angry crowd wanted to necklace the man they blamed.
- Soldiers came quickly so the mob could not necklace him.
- In the war, some people were necklaced in front of others.
- They shouted that they would necklace anyone who talked to the police.
- He was almost necklaced, but his friends pulled him away.
Gramatika
Slovníkový tvar
necklace
IPA
GB/nˈɛkləs/
US/nˈɛkləs/
Slabiky a přízvuk
neck - lace (2 slabiky)
Stress on 1st syllable (neck)
Tvary slova
Noun
- Base: necklace
- Plural: necklaces
Příbuzná slova
Výrazy
pearl necklace
1/pˈɚl nˈɛkləs/
fixed phrase
necklace made of pearls
A necklace that has round pearls on it.
Příklady
- She wore her grandmother’s pearl necklace to the dinner party.
- She wore a classic pearl necklace to the wedding.
- He bought her a pearl necklace for their anniversary.
- The store window showed a beautiful black pearl necklace.