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单词 pigeon breast
释义

Definition of pigeon breast in English:

pigeon breast

(also pigeon chest)
noun
  • A deformed human chest with a projecting breastbone.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He wriggles and squirms and pulls his pigeon chest in, all in an effort to help his pal lower the middle berth over his prone body.
    • They were just making a joke that I was too stupid to get, and once I did, I clutched the Smiths to my pigeon chest, and gave them the love they deserved.
    • This disease is characterized by bone deformities (such as bow legs, pigeon breast, and knobby bone growths on the ribs where they join the breastbone) and tooth abnormalities.
    • If anything, this scandal put hair on Woody's pigeon chest.
    • For a moment it looked as if his puffed out pigeon chest might be the only buffer to halt it.

Derivatives

  • pigeon-breasted

  • adjective ˌpɪdʒɪnˈbrɛstɪd
    • I felt like the pigeon-chested 17 year old youth team trainee who finds himself pulling on a first team shirt alongside players he had pretended to be during lunch-break kickabouts.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He puts pigeon-chested amputees like myself to shame.
      • So the left side of my rib cage and breastbone is normal, and the right side is pigeon-breasted.
 
 

Definition of pigeon breast in US English:

pigeon breast

(also pigeon chest)
noun
  • A deformed human chest with a projecting breastbone.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This disease is characterized by bone deformities (such as bow legs, pigeon breast, and knobby bone growths on the ribs where they join the breastbone) and tooth abnormalities.
    • For a moment it looked as if his puffed out pigeon chest might be the only buffer to halt it.
    • If anything, this scandal put hair on Woody's pigeon chest.
    • He wriggles and squirms and pulls his pigeon chest in, all in an effort to help his pal lower the middle berth over his prone body.
    • They were just making a joke that I was too stupid to get, and once I did, I clutched the Smiths to my pigeon chest, and gave them the love they deserved.
 
 
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