| 单词 | breast |
| 释义 | Word Frequency breast(brɛst) noun 1. the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest 2. either of the two soft fleshy milk-secreting glands on the chest in sexually mature human females ▶ Related adjective: mammary3. a similar organ in certain other mammals 4. anything that resembles a breast in shape or position the breast of the hill 5. a source of nourishment the city took the victims to its breast 6. the source of human emotions 7. the part of a garment that covers the breast 8. a projection from the side of a wall, esp that formed by a chimney 9. mining the face being worked at the end of a tunnel 10. beat one's breast 11. make a clean breast of verb (transitive) 12. to confront boldly; face breast the storm 13. to oppose with the breast or meet at breast level breasting the waves 14. to come alongside of breast the ship 15. to reach the summit of breasting the mountain top Word origin Old English brēost; related to Old Norse brjōst, Old High German brust, Dutch borst, Swedish bräss, Old Irish brū belly, body |
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