bosom

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbosombos‧om /ˈbʊzəm/ noun 1 [countable usually singular] writtenHBHDCC the front part of a woman’s chest She cradled the child to her bosom.2 [countable usually plural]HBH a woman’s breast3 → the bosom of the family/the Church etc4 [singular] literaryEMOTIONAL a word meaning someone’s feelings and emotions, used especially when these are bad or unpleasant Drury harboured bitterness in his bosom.5 → bosom friend/buddy/palExamples from the Corpusbosom• It is now that man contemplates, for it is now that the sea is a bosom friend.• She was breathing more quickly now and her bosom was again rising and falling defiantly.• But she looks troubled, unsure of herself - perhaps because her bosom is merely average, one has seen bigger.• Daniel harbored bitterness and anger in his bosom.• Whatever swells as a result, it's unlikely to be the Mellor bosom.• He was still my friend, my bosom friend.• Half the stiff bosom shirts worn nowadays, the laundry is due on them yet.• I am taking you to my home, into the very bosom of my family.Origin bosom Old English bosm

单词	bosom
释义	bosom From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbosombos‧om /ˈbʊzəm/ noun 1 [countable usually singular] writtenHBHDCC the front part of a woman’s chest She cradled the child to her bosom.2 [countable usually plural]HBH a woman’s breast3 → the bosom of the family/the Church etc4 [singular] literaryEMOTIONAL a word meaning someone’s feelings and emotions, used especially when these are bad or unpleasant Drury harboured bitterness in his bosom.5 → bosom friend/buddy/palExamples from the Corpusbosom• It is now that man contemplates, for it is now that the sea is a bosom friend.• She was breathing more quickly now and her bosom was again rising and falling defiantly.• But she looks troubled, unsure of herself - perhaps because her bosom is merely average, one has seen bigger.• Daniel harbored bitterness and anger in his bosom.• Whatever swells as a result, it's unlikely to be the Mellor bosom.• He was still my friend, my bosom friend.• Half the stiff bosom shirts worn nowadays, the laundry is due on them yet.• I am taking you to my home, into the very bosom of my family.Origin bosom Old English bosm
随便看	the whole point the whole point (of something) the whole point of the whole school etc the whole school/country/village etc the whole shebang the whole shooting match the whole student star etc bit the whole student travelling etc bit the whole time the whole village etc the whole works the whys and (the) wherefores the whys and the wherefores the whys and wherefores the wide world the wider context etc the wider context/issues/picture etc the wider issues etc the wider picture etc the wilds of Africa etc the wilds of Africa/Alaska etc the wilds of Alaska etc the will to do the will to do something