breast

单词音标

breast音标[brest]

汉语翻译

n. 胸部, 乳房, 胸怀

vt. 以胸对着, 面对

【医】 胸, 乳房

相关词组:

make a clean breast of...

词型变化

动词过去式:breasted过去分词:breasted现在分词:breasting第三人称单数:breasts

词意辨析

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。

英语解释

名词 breast:

the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

同义词：bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty

meat carved from the breast of a fowl

同义词：white meat

动词 breast:

meet at breast level

reach the summit

confront bodily

同义词：front

例句

The baby was nursing/being nursed at its mother\'s breast.

那个孩子正在吃母亲的奶。

He made a clean breast of his crime to the police.

他向警方如实招供。

Abnormal enlargement of the breasts in a male.

男子女性型乳房男性胸部的异常增大

The part of a garment covering the chest or breasts.

衣服的胸襟穿在胸部或乳房部分的衣服

They had chicken breast for supper.

他们晚饭吃鸡胸肉。

His guilty conscience forced him to make a clean breast of everything.

他的内疚使得他把一切和盘托出。

详细解释

breast

n.（名词）

Either of two milk-secreting, glandular organs on the chest of a woman; the human mammary gland.

乳房，乳腺：女人胸部两个分泌乳汁的腺状器官之一；人的乳腺

A corresponding organ in other mammals.

胸脯：其它哺乳动物的相应器官

A corresponding rudimentary gland in the male.

退化乳房：男性相应的退化乳房

The superior ventral surface of the human body, extending from the neck to the abdomen.

胸部：人体的上身腹部表面，从脖子延伸到腹部

A corresponding part in other animals.

胸腹部：其它动物的相应部分

The part of a garment that covers the chest.

（衣服的）胸部：覆盖胸部的衣服的部分

The seat of affection and emotion:

心窝，胸怀：情愫和感情的居所：

例句：

.Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast.(Shakespeare)

.我的心中是沉甸甸的忧伤.(莎士比亚)

A source of nourishment.

营养的源泉

Something likened to the human breast:

被喻为人胸脯的某物：

例句：

the breast of a hill.

山腹

The face of a mine or tunnel.

工作面：煤矿或地道的工作面

v.tr.（及物动词）

breast.ed,breast.ing,breasts

To rise over; climb:

升高；攀登：

例句：

.He breasted a rise and looked down. He was at the head of a small valley.(Ken Follett)

.他登上高处往下看。他正站在一个小山谷的顶上.(肯·福利特)

To encounter or advance against resolutely; confront boldly.

坚毅地面对，与…搏斗：坚毅地与…对抗或对决；勇敢地面对

To push against with or as if with the breast.

挺胸迎…而上：以或似以胸脯面对…

来源：

Middle English brest

中古英语 brest

from Old English brôost

源自 古英语 brôost