| [/tʃest; tʃɛst/] n 用法:
1 large strong box for storing or shipping things in 大箱子:
a `tea chest 茶叶箱 *
a `medicine chest 药品箱 *
a `tool chest 工具箱. 用法:
2 upper front part of the body from the neck to the stomach 胸部:
a hairy chest 多毛的胸部 *
What size are you round the chest? 你的胸围是多少? *
[attrib 作定语] `chest pains 胸部疼痛 *
a `chest cold, ie one that affects the lungs 重感冒. =>illus at human 见human之插图. 用法:
3 (idm 习语) ,get sth off one's `chest (infml) say sth that one has wanted to say for a long time 说出积存已久的话:
You're obviously worried about something; why not get it off your chest? 你显然有心事, 何不一吐为快? hold/keep one's cards close to one's chest => card1. |