chest

CET4TEM4考研CET6中频词核心词汇

英 [tʃest] 美[tʃɛst]

释义

n. 胸，胸部；衣柜；箱子；金库

词态变化

复数: chests;

近义词

box safe dresser locker

中文词源

chest 胸腔，大箱子

来自拉丁词cista, 箱子，词源同cistern.

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.

双语例句

1. 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。

2. Breathe out and ease your knees in toward your chest.: 呼气，膝部放松向胸部靠拢。

3. After more misses, they finally put two arrows into the lion's chest.: 又射偏了几次之后,他们终于把两支箭射入了狮子的胸膛.

4. Never keep on exercising if you have even the slightest chest pain.: 即使你只感到很轻微的胸部疼痛，也不要继续锻炼。

5. He started flailing around and hitting Vincent in the chest.: 他的手臂开始胡乱挥舞起来，打在了文森特胸口上。

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

实用场景例句

a treasure chest: 财宝箱

broad-chested: 胸部宽阔

a medicine chest: 药箱

flat-chested: 胸部扁平

The bullet hit him in the chest.: 子弹击中了他的胸部。

She gasped for breath, her chest heaving.: 她喘着气，胸部不停地起伏。

a chest infection: 胸部感染

chest pains: 胸部疼痛

a hairy chest: 毛茸茸的胸部

He crossed his arms over his chest...: 他双手交叉，放在胸前。

He was shot in the chest...: 他胸部中弹。

At the very bottom of the chest were his carving tools.: 箱子最底下是他的雕刻工具。

...a treasure chest.: 藏宝箱

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。

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.

This carved chest is a genuine antique.: 这只雕花盒子是件古玩真品.

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.

He has a slight wheeze in his chest.: 他呼吸时胸部发出轻微的响声.

He neatly fended off a jab at his chest.: 他利落地挡开了当胸的一击.

I want you to take my chest measurement.: 我想请您给我量一下我的胸围尺寸.

He was shot in the chest.: 他胸部中弹.

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.

He got jab bed in the lower part of his chest.: 他的下胸部被刺.

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.

Please turn round and let me measure your chest.: 请你转过来让我量量胸围.

Her head was resting comfortably against his chest.: 她的头舒服地靠在他的胸前.

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.

考试真题

Many of the images were stored in an ice chest, under freezing water, in the damaged wooden ship.

The noise shakes the trees as the male beats his chest and charges toward me.

To do CPR, you press on the sick person's chest so that blood moves through the body and takes oxygen to organs.

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

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。