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单词 broad-chested
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broad-chestedadj.

Brit. /ˌbrɔːdˈtʃɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˌbrɔdˈtʃɛstəd/, /ˌbrɑdˈtʃɛstəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adj.1, chested adj.
Etymology: < broad adj.1 + chested adj.
Having a wide or large chest; (by implication) sturdily or powerfully built. Cf. broad-breasted adj.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > [adjective] > chest > types of
big-chested1594
broad-breasted1647
broad-chesteda1661
open-chested1823
bluff-chested1851
barrel-chested1961
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. iv. 191/2 He was of personage tall, and of body strong, broad chested, and vsed both his hands alike.
a1661 T. Fuller Hist. Worthies Eng. (1662) Warw. 128 He had as I may say, a Broad-chested Soul, favourable to such who differed from him.
1792 ‘J. Gifford’ Hist. France II. 651 To make themselves appear broad-chested the men wore false shoulders.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iii. 92 That other chief Taller and broader-chested than the rest.
1996 Sunday Tel. 13 Oct. (Mag.) 14/1 He is not a round unhealthy podglet of a man in middle age, but a tall, glowing, broad-chested, big-boned figure with the upright carriage of the generation to which he belongs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

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broad-chested
2. [ < chest n.1 9] Having a chest; chiefly in compounds, as bare-chested, broad-chested, deep-chested.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > nakedness or state of being unclothed > [adjective] > having specific part of body uncovered > chest or breasts
open-breasted1598
bare-bosomed1809
bare-chested1873
topless1966
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Rutl. 348 A very proper man, broad-shouldered and chested.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3941/4 A brown-bay Horse..well Chested.
1815 L. Hunt Chorus Seneca's Thyestes No need..of vulgar force..or chested horse.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xii. 403 Stately maidens and bare-chested youths.
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adj.1611
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