breast

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /bɹɛst/    美 /bɹɛst/|/bɹest/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
    — Tanya’s breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.
  2. The chest, or front of the human thorax.
    — The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon.
  3. A section of clothing covering the breast area.
    — By the time he reached the War Memorial damp had soaked through the breasts of his shirt.
  4. The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.
    — She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.
  5. The ventral portion of an animal’s thorax.
    — The robin has a red breast.
  6. A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
    — Would you like breast or wing?
  7. The front or forward part of anything.
    — chimney breast
  8. The upper surface of a landform or body of water.
    — Mountains on whose barren breast / The labouring clouds do often rest.
  9. The face of a coal working.
  10. The front of a furnace.
  11. The power of singing; a musical voice. obsolete
    — By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast.
  12. The breaststroke.
动词 v.
  1. To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face. figuratively,often,transitive
    — […]when the court, very much to the credit of their candour and firmness, breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.
  2. To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence). transitive
    — He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
  3. To debreast. transitive
    — Breast the birds; wash and dry well. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place the birds in a roasting pan.

词形变化

breasts plural brest alternative,obsolete breasts present,singular,third-person breasting participle,present breasted participle,past breasted past brest alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

反义词
thigh wing dark meat
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *breustą
Proto-West Germanic *breust
Old English brēost
Middle English brest
English breast
From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *breustą
Proto-West Germanic *breust
Old English brēost
Middle English brest
English breast
From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.
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