单词 | broad-chested |
释义 | broad-chestedadj. Having a wide or large chest; (by implication) sturdily or powerfully built. Cf. broad-breasted adj. ΘΠ 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). > as lemmasbroad-chested 2. [ < chest n.1 9] Having a chest; chiefly in compounds, as bare-chested, broad-chested, deep-chested. ΘΚΠ 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. < adj.1611 as lemmas |
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