chest

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #1829 ★★★☆☆

n. 胸, 胸部, 衣柜, 箱子 [医] 胸, 胸廓

发音

US /t͡ʃɛst/
UK /t͡ʃɛst/
SCOT /t͡ʃɪst/

词形变化

chests 复数 chested chesting chests 三单 chests chesting 现在分词 chested 过去式 chested 过去分词

别名

chist

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

    The clothes are kept in a chest.

  2. 2.

    A coffin.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

    金库

    You can take the money from the chest.

  4. 4.

    A chest of drawers.

    五斗柜

    抽屉柜

  5. 5.

    The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.

    胸部

    胸膛

    医学

    Holonyms: torso, trunk < body

    She had a sudden pain in her chest.

    An anteroposterior radiograph found opacities throughout her chest.

  6. 6.

    The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso.

    Holonyms: thorax; torso, trunk

    He has a tattoo on his chest, and another on his upper back.

    The wild gorilla was beating its chest.

  7. 7.

    A female human's breasts.

    委婉

    He avoided being seen gazing at her chest, although he dearly longed to stare.

  8. 8.

    A hit or blow made with one's chest.

    She scored with a chest into the goal.

  9. 1.

    Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

v.
  1. 1.

    To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

  2. 2.

    To deposit in a chest.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To place in a coffin.

    废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    To handle, deal with.

    及物

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词源

From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”).

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