nape
nape — 名詞
- napesingular
- napesplural
1. The curved area at the back of a person’s neck, just below where the hairline en
後頸
脖子後方的部位
The curved area at the back of a person’s neck, just below where the hairline ends and above the shoulders.
Brooke tied her hair up, exposing the pale skin at the nape of her neck.
Brooke 把頭髮紮起來，露出脖子後方蒼白的皮膚。
the nape of [someone's] neck — most common pattern
The massage therapist worked the knots out of Tariq’s nape with slow, firm pressure.
按摩師用緩慢而紮實的手法，揉開了 Tariq 後頸僵硬的肌肉。
[possessive] + nape — possessive pattern
Nadia felt a cold breeze on her nape through the gap in her collar.
Nadia 感覺一股冷風從衣領的縫隙吹到她的後頸上。
A small red birthmark sat above Marco’s nape, hidden by his hair most days.
一顆小小的紅色胎記長在 Marco 的後頸上方，大部分日子都藏在頭髮底下。
Jude rubbed sunscreen onto his nape before spending the afternoon at the beach.
Jude 在後頸塗了防曬乳，才到海邊待了一整個下午。
- scruff
informal; often used for animals (scruff of the neck) rather than people
- back of the neck
descriptive phrase, not a single-word synonym; more basic and generic
- nuchal region
technical medical term; rarely used in everyday speech
文法句型
the nape of [someone's] neck
[possessive] + nape
用法筆記
The word 'nape' almost always appears with either a possessive ('her nape') or an 'of'-phrase ('the nape of his neck'). Using 'nape' without a possessor sounds unnatural in most contexts.