chest
英 [tʃest]
美[tʃɛst]
- n. 胸，胸部；衣柜；箱子；金库
词态变化
复数: chests;
中文词源
chest 胸腔，大箱子
来自拉丁词cista, 箱子，词源同cistern.
英英释意
- 1. the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
- 2. box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
- 3. furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
英文词源
- chest
- chest: [OE] Chest comes ultimately from Greek kístē ‘box, basket’. In Latin this became cista (source of English cistern [13]). In prehistoric times the word was borrowed into Germanic as *kistā, which was the source of Old English cest. This still meant ‘box’, a sense which continued in isolation until the 16th century, when it was first applied to the ‘thorax’ – the basis of the metaphor presumably being that the ribs enclose the heart and lungs like a box. It has since replaced breast as the main term for the concept.
=> cistern - chest (n.)
- Old English cest "box, coffer, casket," from Proto-Germanic *kista (cognates: Old Norse and Old High German kista, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, German kiste, Dutch kist), an early borrowing from Latin cista "chest, box," from Greek kiste "a box, basket," from PIE *kista "woven container." Meaning extended to "thorax" 1520s, replacing breast (n.), on the metaphor of the ribs as a box for the organs. Chest of drawers is from 1590s.
同义词辨析
breast, bosom, chest
这些名词均含"胸，胸部"之意。
breast： 指人或动物的胸部或胸部的前面，也指男人或女人的乳房。
bosom： 文学用词，与breast同义，特指女性的乳房，也可用作比喻。
chest： 指胸膛，即肋骨所包围的部分。
考试真题
- Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.
2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- The noise shakes the trees as the male beats his chest and charges toward me.
2018年高考英语全国卷3 语法填空 原文
- To do CPR, you press on the sick person's chest so that blood moves through the body and takes oxygen to organs.
2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
词组搭配
get something off one's chest
(informal)say something that one has wanted to say for a long time, resulting in a feeling of relief
(非正式)将（心事）一吐为快
play (或 keep) one's cards close to one's chest
(或 北美 vest)(informal)be extremely secretive and cautious about one's intentions
(非正式)极端谨慎地保守私密，对想法秘而不宣
get (something) off (one's) chest
To vent one's pent-up feelings.
发泄被压抑的感情
实用场景例句
- a treasure chest
- 财宝箱
牛津词典
- broad-chested
- 胸部宽阔
牛津词典
- a medicine chest
- 药箱
牛津词典
- flat-chested
- 胸部扁平
牛津词典
- The bullet hit him in the chest.
- 子弹击中了他的胸部。
牛津词典
- She gasped for breath, her chest heaving.
- 她喘着气，胸部不停地起伏。
牛津词典
- a chest infection
- 胸部感染
牛津词典
- chest pains
- 胸部疼痛
牛津词典
- a hairy chest
- 毛茸茸的胸部
牛津词典
- He crossed his arms over his chest...
- 他双手交叉，放在胸前。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He was shot in the chest...
- 他胸部中弹。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- At the very bottom of the chest were his carving tools.
- 箱子最底下是他的雕刻工具。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a treasure chest.
- 藏宝箱
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I feel it's done me good to get it off my chest.
- 我感觉吐吐苦水对我有好处。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- If something's bothering you, get it off your chest and tickle your [ the ] mind.
- 有什么不痛快的事, 就把它说出来,你心里也就 敞亮 了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- This carved chest is a genuine antique.
- 这只雕花盒子是件古玩真品.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The disease typically manifests itself in a high fever and chest pains.
- 这种疾病的典型症状是发高烧和胸痛.
《简明英汉词典》
- He has a slight wheeze in his chest.
- 他呼吸时胸部发出轻微的响声.
《简明英汉词典》
- He neatly fended off a jab at his chest.
- 他利落地挡开了当胸的一击.
《简明英汉词典》
- I want you to take my chest measurement.
- 我想请您给我量一下我的胸围尺寸.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He was shot in the chest.
- 他胸部中弹.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- The chest disease is endemic among miners in this area.
- 这种胸部疾病是流行于本地区矿工中的地方病.
《简明英汉词典》
- He got jab bed in the lower part of his chest.
- 他的下胸部被刺.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- I don't know why he held his cards close to his chest.
- 我不知道他为何一直守口如瓶.
《简明英汉词典》
- Please turn round and let me measure your chest.
- 请你转过来让我量量胸围.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Her head was resting comfortably against his chest.
- 她的头舒服地靠在他的胸前.
《简明英汉词典》
- His visit to a counsellor really helped him get thingsoff his chest.
- 与咨询员的谈话让他将心事一吐为快.
《简明英汉词典》