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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2213 COCA: 1717

chest

chest /ˈtʃɛst/ noun
plural chests
chest
/ˈtʃɛst/
noun
plural chests
Learner's definition of CHEST
[count]
: a container (such as a box or case) for holding things or moving them from place to place箱子;盒子
see also chest of drawers, hope chest, war chest
: the front part of the body between the neck and the stomach胸部;胸腔
often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
see picture at human

close to your chest

see 2close

get (something) off your chest

: to tell someone about something that has been making you upset or unhappy将(烦心事)倾吐出来

— chested

/ˈtʃɛstəd/ adjective
used in combination用于合成词
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2213 COCA: 1717

chest

noun

1
a
: a container for storage or shipping
especially : a box with a lid used especially for the safekeeping of belongings
b
: a cupboard used especially for the storing of medicines or first-aid supplies
2
: the place where money of a public institution is kept : treasury
also : the fund so kept
3
a
: thorax sense 1
especially : the part of the human body enclosed by the ribs and sternum
b
: breast sense 2a
a hairy chest
chestful noun

Example Sentences

He has a broad chest. The pain is in my upper chest.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English cest, cist chest, box, from Latin cista, from Greek kistē basket, hamper

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of chest was before the 12th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2213 COCA: 1717
chest

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHEST | CHEST + VERB | CHEST + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEbarrel, big, broad, huge, manly, massive, muscled, muscular, powerful, strong桶狀胸;寬闊的胸膛;男人味十足的胸膛;厚實的胸膛;肌肉發達的胸膛;強健的胸膛;結實的胸膛narrow窄小的胸膛flat扁平的胸部She wears loose clothes to hide her flat chest.她穿着寬鬆的衣服來掩飾扁平的胸部。bare, naked赤裸的/裸露的胸脯hairy毛茸茸的胸膛hairless, smooth沒有胸毛的/光滑的胸膛bad, tight, weak (especially BrE) 胸部疼痛;胸口發緊;胸部柔弱lower, upper下胸部;上胸部VERB + CHESTclutch, clutch at緊抓(着)胸Clutching his chest in agony, he fell to the ground.他痛苦地抓着自己的胸口摔倒在地。beat, pound, thump拍打胸膛;捶胸'You need to have courage,' he said, thumping his chest.“你得有勇氣。”他捶打着胸脯說。puff, puff out鼓起胸部He puffed out his chest proudly.他驕傲地挺起胸膛。shave, wax剃胸毛;用蠟除胸毛CHEST + VERBexpand, heave, rise and fall胸部擴張;胸部起伏puff, puff out, puff up, swell胸部鼓起His chest puffed out with indignation at the suggestion.聽到這個建議,他肺都氣炸了。His chest swelled with pride as he accepted the award.他領獎時自豪地挺着胸脯。constrict, tighten胸口發緊Her chest tightened with fear.她嚇得胸口一陣發緊。ache, burn胸部疼痛/火辣辣地痛She ran until her chest ached.她一直跑到胸口發疼。CHEST + NOUNdiscomfort, pain, tightness胸口不適/疼痛/發緊injury, wound胸部受傷complaint, condition, disease, infection, problems胸部疾病;胸部感染;胸部問題radiograph, X-ray胸部放射照片 /X 光照片clinic胸科診所muscles胸部肌肉hair胸毛area, cavity胸部;胸腔PREPOSITIONin the/your chest在胸部She was hit in the chest by two of the bullets.她胸部中了兩彈。on the/your chest在胸上the hairs on his chest他的胸毛to the/your chest在胸部;對着/靠着胸部He suffered burns to the chest and neck.他胸部和頸部燒傷。She clutched her baby tightly to her chest.她把孩子緊緊地抱在胸前。

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