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单词 chesty
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Definition of chesty in English:

chesty

adjectivechestier, chestiest ˈtʃɛstiˈtʃɛsti
informal
  • 1British Having a lot of catarrh in the lungs.

    he got a bit chesty
    a chesty cough
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But, in addition to the emotional strain of her younger daughter's death, she has been battling with a virus which has left her with a chesty cold.
    • To break up a chesty cough, try inhaling some steam.
    • ‘I'm prone to picking up chest infections, like chesty coughs, and I get violent headaches,’ he said.
    • Expectorants in cough mixtures can promote mucus removal for a chesty cough and help to ease breathing for exercise.
    • It will either help my chesty cough or make me whinny and jump fences.
    • As her other children - Ben, nine, and Kylie, six - played outside, only a chesty cough betrayed their mum's desperate struggle.
    • I gave up the roll ups way back purely because of the chesty coughs and my Grandfathers death.
    • A chesty cough rattled its way from inside the frail woman.
    • As it was I was felt a bit chesty and shivery on Sunday but am alright now.
    • Regarding his health he said that he did not have any major illnesses but did suffer from indigestion, heartburn and a chesty cough.
    • I am resting in bed with achy bones/muscles and a horrid chesty cough.
    • Or it could simply be ‘fashionable’ now to hand out inhalers to everyone with a chesty cough.
    • This was all done with a very snotty cold and tight chesty cough, the like of which would have made me take a day off were I working for someone other than myself.
    • So that's it I suppose, I did nothing today, I have a chesty cough and my nose is running away from my face.
    • Most chesty illnesses get better on their own, although the cough may take a long time to go completely.
    • Today I didn't go into work as I haven't been feeling very well - headaches, chesty cold, etc.
    • Doctors have warned that a regular chesty cough can be an indicator of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - the collective name for smoking-related illnesses such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
    • I would describe the symptoms as flu-like but the chesty cough made it appear like bronchitis.
    • I had begun to find their intense flowery scent stifling and had the impression that they were causing my chesty cough.
    • Some develop chesty coughs - and all of these can be helped by acupuncture, said Hugh.
  • 2(of a woman) having large or prominent breasts.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By March we had started rehearsals, the chesty senior (whose name was Ann) was playing Helena (one of the main heroines), and Rick was playing Oberon king of shadows.
    • Not that I know much about it, but I do know that there are a lot of chesty airheads on TV these days who couldn't act if someone was holding a gun to their heads.
    • Well, that and he always has pictures of chesty babes.
    • ‘Jess is a bit more chesty than you, though’ Kath muses.
    • Las Vegas encourages tourists to indulge in sexual voyeurism with a wealth of cheesy, chesty revues - your choice of gender.
    • It's an audacious bit of dialogue for a cheapo skin flick starring some of the most naturally chesty gals you'll ever see in your life.
    • She glanced over at the bar, where she saw the chesty redhead flirting with a customer as she refilled his drink.
    Synonyms
    large-breasted, big-breasted, full-breasted, heavy-breasted, bosomy, large-bosomed, big-bosomed, full-bosomed
  • 3North American Conceited and arrogant.

    people hate a chesty man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The genius, here, is that the athletic soar of that chesty attitude indicates not boyish high spirits or exuberant tough-guy mayhem, but a desperate cling to a fading image of the larger-than-life.
    • She writes, ‘I hesitate to interrupt the victory laps, the chesty posing, the passing out of medals.’
    • And why do you get all chesty at the slightest provocation?
    Synonyms
    vain, narcissistic, pleased with oneself, self-loving, in love with oneself, self-admiring, self-regarding, self-centred, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic, egocentric, egomaniac

Derivatives

  • chestily

  • adverb
    informal
    • Rich looks slighter than I remember, and he is sounding bad, coughing chestily into his fist.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He nodded and coughed chestily; his eyes in the sky.
      • Can a lot of sopranos chestily growl the Habañera?
      • He is fine company and laughs chestily at times, even if for the most part he assumes the patented demeanour of the serious, centred actor.
      • I come down here wrapped in scarves, gloves and winter apparel, wheezing chestily and barely able to speak.
  • chestiness

  • noun
    informal
    • If a speaker has any excess chestiness or other colorations, the sound gets too muddled and indistinct.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If you think you have a cough, cold or any form of chestiness, consult a registered medical practitioner.
      • Vocals had just the right balance of full-bodied chestiness and articulation.
      • There was nary a trace of sibilance in female voices or chestiness in male voices.
      • Aside from some occasional chestiness on vocals and a slight sense of veiling, midrange transparency was also good.

Rhymes

testy, zesty
 
 

Definition of chesty in US English:

chesty

adjectiveˈtʃɛstiˈCHestē
informal
  • 1(of a woman) having large or prominent breasts.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Well, that and he always has pictures of chesty babes.
    • It's an audacious bit of dialogue for a cheapo skin flick starring some of the most naturally chesty gals you'll ever see in your life.
    • Not that I know much about it, but I do know that there are a lot of chesty airheads on TV these days who couldn't act if someone was holding a gun to their heads.
    • ‘Jess is a bit more chesty than you, though’ Kath muses.
    • By March we had started rehearsals, the chesty senior (whose name was Ann) was playing Helena (one of the main heroines), and Rick was playing Oberon king of shadows.
    • Las Vegas encourages tourists to indulge in sexual voyeurism with a wealth of cheesy, chesty revues - your choice of gender.
    • She glanced over at the bar, where she saw the chesty redhead flirting with a customer as she refilled his drink.
    Synonyms
    large-breasted, big-breasted, full-breasted, heavy-breasted, bosomy, large-bosomed, big-bosomed, full-bosomed
  • 2North American Conceited and arrogant.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And why do you get all chesty at the slightest provocation?
    • She writes, ‘I hesitate to interrupt the victory laps, the chesty posing, the passing out of medals.’
    • The genius, here, is that the athletic soar of that chesty attitude indicates not boyish high spirits or exuberant tough-guy mayhem, but a desperate cling to a fading image of the larger-than-life.
    Synonyms
    vain, narcissistic, pleased with oneself, self-loving, in love with oneself, self-admiring, self-regarding, self-centred, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic, egocentric, egomaniac
  • 3Having a lot of mucus in the lungs.

    a chesty cough
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It will either help my chesty cough or make me whinny and jump fences.
    • Or it could simply be ‘fashionable’ now to hand out inhalers to everyone with a chesty cough.
    • I gave up the roll ups way back purely because of the chesty coughs and my Grandfathers death.
    • I had begun to find their intense flowery scent stifling and had the impression that they were causing my chesty cough.
    • But, in addition to the emotional strain of her younger daughter's death, she has been battling with a virus which has left her with a chesty cold.
    • So that's it I suppose, I did nothing today, I have a chesty cough and my nose is running away from my face.
    • As her other children - Ben, nine, and Kylie, six - played outside, only a chesty cough betrayed their mum's desperate struggle.
    • Doctors have warned that a regular chesty cough can be an indicator of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - the collective name for smoking-related illnesses such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
    • Regarding his health he said that he did not have any major illnesses but did suffer from indigestion, heartburn and a chesty cough.
    • I would describe the symptoms as flu-like but the chesty cough made it appear like bronchitis.
    • ‘I'm prone to picking up chest infections, like chesty coughs, and I get violent headaches,’ he said.
    • A chesty cough rattled its way from inside the frail woman.
    • Today I didn't go into work as I haven't been feeling very well - headaches, chesty cold, etc.
    • Some develop chesty coughs - and all of these can be helped by acupuncture, said Hugh.
    • I am resting in bed with achy bones/muscles and a horrid chesty cough.
    • As it was I was felt a bit chesty and shivery on Sunday but am alright now.
    • To break up a chesty cough, try inhaling some steam.
    • This was all done with a very snotty cold and tight chesty cough, the like of which would have made me take a day off were I working for someone other than myself.
    • Expectorants in cough mixtures can promote mucus removal for a chesty cough and help to ease breathing for exercise.
    • Most chesty illnesses get better on their own, although the cough may take a long time to go completely.
 
 
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