cheek

• n. 面颊，脸颊；臀部
• vt. 无礼地向…讲话，对…大胆无礼
• n. (Cheek)人名；(英)奇克

词源同chew.

1. either side of the face below the eyes

2. an impudent statement

3. either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump

4. impudent aggressiveness;

"I couldn't believe her boldness"

"he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

cheek

cheek: [OE] Old English cēace and cēoce go back respectively to prehistoric West Germanic *kǣkōn and *keukōn, but beyond that the word has no known relatives in other Indo-European languages. It has, however, produced one or two interesting offshoots. It forms the basis of the verb choke, and may be the source of chock-full (literally, ‘full up to the cheeks’); and Middle Dutch kākelen, source of English cackle [13], may be partly based on the related Middle Dutch kāke ‘jaw’. The metaphorical sense ‘impudence’ (whence cheeky) arose in the 19th century, originally as ‘insolent talk’.
=> cackle, chock-full, choke

cheek (n.)

Old English ceace, cece "jaw, jawbone," in late Old English also "the fleshy wall of the mouth." Perhaps from the root of Old English ceowan "chew" (see chew (v.)), or from Proto-Germanic *kaukon (cognates: Middle Low German kake "jaw, jawbone," Middle Dutch kake "jaw," Dutch kaak), not found outside West Germanic.

Words for "cheek," "jaw," and "chin" tend to run together in IE languages (compare PIE *genw-, source of Greek genus "jaw, cheek," geneion "chin," and English chin); Aristotle considered the chin as the front of the "jaws" and the cheeks as the back of them. The other Old English word for "cheek" was ceafl (see jowl).

A thousand men he [Samson] slow eek with his hond,
And had no wepen but an asses cheek.
[Chaucer, "Monk's Tale"]

In reference to the buttocks from c. 1600. Sense of "insolence" is from 1840, perhaps from a notion akin to that which led to jaw "insolent speech," mouth off, etc. To turn the other cheek is an allusion to Matt. v:39 and Luke vi:29.

You would not be surprised if a stranger tried to shake hands when you were introduced, but you might be a little startled if they bowed, started to stroke you or kissed you on both cheeks.

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I think they've got a cheek making you pay to park the car.

我想不到他们居然有脸要你付停车费。

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chubby/rosy/pink cheeks

丰满的 / 红润的 / 粉红的脸颊

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He kissed her on both cheeks.

他亲吻了她的双颊。

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Couples were dancing cheek to cheek .

成双成对的舞伴在跳贴面舞。

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chubby-cheeked/rosy-cheeked/hollow-cheeked

双颊丰满 / 红润 / 瘦削

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What a cheek!

真不要脸！

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He had the cheek to ask his ex-girlfriend to babysit for them.

他竟厚着脸皮要他以前的女朋友为他们临时照看小孩。

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Tears were running down her cheeks...

眼泪顺着她的脸颊流了下来。

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She kissed him lightly on both cheeks.

她轻轻地吻了他的双颊。

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I'm amazed they had the cheek to ask in the first place...

我真惊讶他们当初竟然有脸问。

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I still think it's a bit of a cheek sending a voucher rather than a refund...

我还是认为，他们寄来优惠购物券，而不是退款，真是有些厚颜无耻。

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Interfaces describe a set of functionality, or a contract.

接口描述了一系列功能, 或者是约定.

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Her cheek came to rest against my shoulder.

她的脸靠在我的肩上.

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He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.

他突然被她打了一记耳光.

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The bloke has cheek enough.

那家伙脸皮厚.

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He gave her a slap on the cheek.

他打了她一耳光.

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She planted a kiss squarely on his cheek.

她不偏不倚地在他的面颊上印了一个吻.

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His cheek is stuffed with pear.

他的腮帮子里塞满梨.

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Blood trickled slowly down his cheek.

血从他的面颊上缓缓地淌了下来.

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She had a tiny mole on her cheek.

她的面颊上有一颗小黑痣.

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The two lovers danced cheek to cheek.

那对情侣脸贴着脸跳舞.

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It was incongruous to see a thief sitting there cheek by jowl with the policeman.

一个小偷同一个警察亲切地坐在一起,这看上去很不协调.

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A bumblebee stung me on the cheek.

一只大黄蜂在我脸上螫了一下.

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